Impact of the Kyushu earthquakes

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However, with severe disruption...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Quake-hit-Japan-airport-reopens-search-continues-on">Quake-hit Japan airport reopens, search continues on </a></h3> <p>KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kumamoto airport in southwestern Japan reopened to commercial flights Tuesday for the first time since a series of powerful earthquakes struck the region, while workers continued their search for several people still missin...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Asian-leaders-send-condolences-to-Japan-over-quakes">Asian leaders send condolences to Japan over quakes</a></h3> <p>TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chinese and South Korean leaders have sent condolence messages to Japan over powerful earthquakes that hit southwestern Japan last week, leaving more than 40 people dead and around 1,100 injured. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Quake-hit-airport-in-southwestern-Japan-reopens-to-commercial-flights">Quake-hit airport in southwestern Japan reopens to commercial flights</a></h3> <p>KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kumamoto airport in quake-stricken southwestern Japan reopened to commercial flights on Tuesday for the first time since Saturday's strong temblors, although problems with the baggage handling system meant passengers could ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Sony-Toyota-rush-to-mend-broken-supply-chains">Sony, Toyota rush to mend broken supply chains</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Japanese manufacturers are figuring out how to cope with a blow to production from earthquakes in Kyushu, home to factories of some of the nation's biggest corporations. The industrial impact of the disaster is starting to be felt beyond...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Stores-eateries-wrestle-with-distribution-after-Kumamoto-quakes">Stores, eateries wrestle with distribution after Kumamoto quakes</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Retailers, restaurants and other enterprises in Kumamoto Prefecture are struggling to resume operations following last week's major earthquakes amid heavy damage to distribution networks and factories.Clogged channelsProducts and aid supplie...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Tokyo-investors-seek-cover-after-Kumamoto-quakes">Tokyo investors seek cover after Kumamoto quakes</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Japanese stocks fell sharply Monday as major earthquakes in southwestern Japan fueled risk aversion, creating a perfect storm along with a strengthening yen and falling oil prices. The Nikkei Stock Average declined 3.4% to 16,275.95, the...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/No-clear-outlook-on-end-of-Kyushu-aftershocks">No clear outlook on end of Kyushu aftershocks</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency has yet to issue an official forecast on when aftershocks might subside in Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu, as experts struggle to make sense of the unusual patterns of the region's recent earthquakes. ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Japan-ramps-up-relief-in-quake-hit-Kyushu-region">Japan ramps up relief in quake-hit Kyushu region</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- The public and private sectors are joining forces to aid residents and businesses affected by the recent temblors on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu. "We will make every effort to help earthquake victims rebuild their lives," ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Unusual-quake-cluster-worries-Japan">Unusual quake cluster worries Japan </a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Seismic activity in southern Japan is mystifying geologists and keeping the nation on edge. The island of Kyushu has been struck by a series of significant earthquakes, with the epicenters moving progressively further inland. The cluster...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Video</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Drone-surveys-Kumamoto-earthquake-landslide">Drone surveys Kumamoto earthquake landslide</a></h3> <p>Japan's Geospatial Information Authority has made public drone footage of earthquake-caused landslide damage in Kumamoto Prefecture, showing the exposed fault line cutting through the village of Minami Aso. </p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Food-in-short-supply-offices-crippled-in-quake-hit-southwestern-Japan">Food in short supply, offices crippled in quake-hit southwestern Japan</a></h3> <p>KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Food shortages worsened at shelters in Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday as tens of thousands remained evacuated from their homes after powerful earthquakes jolted southwestern Japan last week, while local administrative office...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Photo-essay-Scars-from-the-Kyushu-earthquakes">Photo essay: Scars from the Kyushu earthquakes</a></h3> <p>KUMAMOTO, Japan -- A series of strong earthquakes rocked the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu, leaving more than 40 people dead and over 110,000 displaced from their homes in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures. Nikkei staff photographers captured so...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/110-000-still-displaced-after-quake-roads-rails-take-heavy-damage">110,000 still displaced after quake; roads, rails take heavy damage</a></h3> <p>KUMAMOTO, Japan -- The death toll from the massive earthquakes that rocked the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu reached 42 on Sunday, while over 110,000 people remain evacuated from their homes in the hardest-hit Kumamoto and Oita prefectures. ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Big-Japan-manufacturers-halt-output-as-quake-cuts-parts-supply">Big Japan manufacturers halt output as quake cuts parts supply</a></h3> <p>NAGOYA -- Toyota Motor will suspend domestic car production in stages through Saturday after earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu disrupted the automaker's supply chain. Key Toyota supplier Aisin Seiki has been forced t...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/South-Korea-sends-response-team-to-quake-hit-Japan">South Korea sends response team to quake-hit Japan</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- South Korea's Foreign Affairs Ministry sent a four-person team to Japan on Sunday to find out whether any of its citizens were affected by the powerful earthquakes that rocked Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu. About 23,000 South Kor...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Kyushu-quakes-hit-Japan-s-broader-economy">Kyushu quakes hit Japan's broader economy </a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Two powerful earthquakes and a series of aftershocks in the Kumamoto region on the island of Kyushu in southern Japan have cut air, road and rail services, causing wider disruption to the country's already sluggish economy. The quakes an...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/Asia-sends-messages-of-sympathy-to-Japan">Asia sends messages of sympathy to Japan</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Kumamoto Prefecture, which is taking the brunt of a series of strong earthquakes rocking Japan's southwest Kyushu region, is a popular destination among Asian holidaymakers. It has both hot spring resorts and proximity going for it. But ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505081209/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kyushu-earthquakes/M7.3-quake-hits-southwestern-Japan">M7.3 quake hits southwestern Japan</a></h3> <p>TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and nearly 1,000 injured in a second massive earthquake that rocked southwestern Japan early Saturday, local government officials said. 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