By Barrier Free Japan
November 13 2026
KUMAMOTO – The city government of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday certified a woman who died following a major earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture in July as a disaster-related death, the first such recognition linked to the tremblor. The woman, who was a Yatsushiro resident in her 90s, suffered from a subdural hematoma due to a fall during the earthquake, according to the city government. She later died after experiencing a decline in physical function because of impaired consciousness.
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