MASHIKI, KUMAMOTO PREF. –
Residents paid tribute on Tuesday to the victims of a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Kumamoto Prefecture and nearby areas 10 years ago.
In the town of Mashiki in the prefecture, around 40 town officials, including its mayor, Hironori Nishimura, offered white flowers at an altar set up near the municipal office building and gave silent prayers to those who lost their lives in the disaster.
Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the foreshock that occurred on April 14, 2016. The main quake struck two days later.
