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Kumamoto place

Named in 38 reports across 5 stories - 4 Aug – 6 Nov

also appears as Kumamotu

4 Aug 20266 Nov 2026

The record - coverage naming Kumamoto that changed after publication

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  1. Japan Timesseen 4 Sept, 09:14headline rewrittenthe story

    Fire breaks out at earthquake-damaged Nippon Paper Plant in KumamotoFire breaks out at earthquake-damaged Nippon Paper plant in Kumamoto

The web around Kumamoto

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Kumamoto. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Kumamoto.

Kumamoto prefecture and Uki share 1 reportEmperor and empress and Uki share 1 reportEvacuation centres and Kumamoto prefecture share 1 reportJapan and Kumamoto prefecture share 1 reportKumamotoKumamoto prefectu…Kumamoto prefecture - 8 shared reports (place)JapanJapan - 5 shared reports (place)UkiUki - 3 shared reports (place)KyushuKyushu - 2 shared reports (place)Kyushu regi…Kyushu region - 2 shared reports (place)AeonAeon - 1 shared report (organization)APAP - 1 shared report (organization)Emperor and…Emperor and empress - 1 shared report (person)Evacuation …Evacuation centres - 1 shared report (organization)FerryFerry - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

PM Sanae Takaichi visits quake-hit southern Japan as cleanup begins in intense heat

36 outlets33 reports name Kumamoto3 Aug – 8 Nov

Moment earthquake shakes hospital operating room in Japan

7 outlets2 reports name Kumamoto7 Aug – 16 Aug

Sony and TSMC to invest ¥1 trillion in joint chip plant in Japan

7 outlets1 report names Kumamoto10 Aug – 13 Aug

Watch Japanese Surgeons React as a 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes the O.R.

3 outlets1 report names Kumamoto7 Aug

An earthquake in the middle of an operation. Japanese surgeons threw themselves at a patient and held a table

1 outlets1 report names Kumamoto7 Aug

People they appear with

Emperor and empress1Foreign nationals1Goshi Hosono1Hitoshi Kuwahara1

Places in the same coverage

Kumamoto prefecture8Japan5Uki3Kyushu2Kyushu region2Hikawa1Kiusiu1

Organisations in the same coverage

Aeon1AP1Evacuation centres1Ferry1FM Yatsushiro1Ground Self-Defence Forces1Hisatsu Orange Railway1Japanese Red Cross1Kumamoto government1

Who keeps naming them

Japan Times28South China Morning Post3Index.hr (Croatia)2Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)1Novinky (Czechia)1The Guardian World1Wirtualna Polska (Poland)1NYT World1

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