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Relief Efforts Following Niigata Earthquake
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[© Seikyo Shimbun] |
A powerful earthquake hit Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on the
morning of July 16. Measuring upper 6 on the Japanese
seismic scale of 7, the quake left at least 11 dead and
injured more than 1,000, flattening hundreds of homes.
The Soka Gakkai immediately set up disaster relief centers
to assist in local emergency rescue and relief efforts.
Local leaders visited the affected areas, while youth
division members delivered food and drinking water by
motorbike. Soka Gakkai's Kashiwazaki Makiguchi Commemorative
Hall in Kashiwazaki city, one of the hardest hit areas,
served as an emergency shelter for evacuees. A four-member
medical relief team provided medical care to victims, and
members of the young women's nurses group assisted doctors
on their rounds and comforted evacuees.
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