Category: Kyushu

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 7, 2020 0

14 of 49 fatalities in Southwestern Japan floods were care home residents, concerns about spread of COVID-19 post-flood

Of the 49 fatalities in flood-ravaged Kumamoto, 14 were from the Senjuen nursing home near the Kuma River, which overran its banks at 11 locations and broke one levee, according to the prefectural government.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 26, 2018 1

Disability Kyushu Travel Unmanned Stations

Disability groups protest JR Kyushu ‘unmanned station’ policy

“There was a rally meeting at a JR Kyushu station in Oita city on the 24th, against the large scale reduction of unmanned stations.”