Victims of 2020 Kumamoto Heavy Rains Mourned Five Years On

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Today marks five years since the Kumamoto heavy rains, which left 67 people dead (including two related deaths) and two missing, mainly in the Kuma River basin in southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Depopulation was already an issue for the affected areas, but the torrential rains have exacerbated the decline in population. The national and local governments are taking measures to control flooding in the basin,