MASHIKI: Japan has resorted to opening a prison to those left homeless by two deadly earthquakes, highlighting the challenges faced in dealing with tens of thousands who have fled their homes.
Two major earthquakes and about 600 smaller tremors have rocked the southwestern island of Kyushu since late Thursday, leaving a total of 44 people dead and more than 1,000 injured – 208 of them seriously – in Japan’s worst humanitarian disaster in five years.
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