Topic - Kumamoto

is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. - Source: Wikipedia

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A road is flooded follwoing a heavy rain in Nagasu town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP)

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A car is stuck in a flooded road by heavy rain in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, Saturday, July 4, 2020. The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the heavy rain warnings in many parts of the prefectures to the highest level shortly before 5 a.m. It was the first time for the agency to do so in the two prefectures, Kumamoto and Kagoshima. (Kyodo News via AP)

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