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Kumamoto place

Named in 30 reports across 5 stories - 4 Aug – 4 Sept

also appears as Kumamotu

4 Aug 20264 Sept 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 reportJapan and Kumamoto prefecture share 1 reportKumamotoKumamoto prefectu…Kumamoto prefecture - 5 shared reports (place)JapanJapan - 4 shared reports (place)KyushuKyushu - 2 shared reports (place)Kyushu regi…Kyushu region - 2 shared reports (place)UkiUki - 2 shared reports (place)AeonAeon - 1 shared report (organization)APAP - 1 shared report (organization)FerryFerry - 1 shared report (organization)FM Yatsushi…FM Yatsushiro - 1 shared report (organization)Foreign nat…Foreign nationals - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

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

35 outlets25 reports name Kumamoto3 Aug – 4 Sept

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

Foreign nationals1Hitoshi Kuwahara1River Akira Davis1

Places in the same coverage

Kumamoto prefecture5Japan4Kyushu2Kyushu region2Uki2Kiusiu1

Organisations in the same coverage

Aeon1AP1Ferry1FM Yatsushiro1Ground Self-Defence Forces1Japanese Red Cross1Kumamoto government1Lékaři1Nippon Paper plant1Quake-hit library1Radio station1

Who keeps naming them

Japan Times21South China Morning Post2Index.hr (Croatia)2Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)1Novinky (Czechia)1The Guardian World1Wirtualna Polska (Poland)1NYT World1

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