Local News

The aftereffects of the heavy July rains in northern Kyushu that left 31 dead are still causing problems. The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that 795 people from 297 households are still in temporary housing in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Oita prefectures. A total of 97.885 billion yen has been added to the supplementary budgets of the three prefectures to deal with the damage. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun