Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is so focused on dealing with the earthquake disaster in Kyushu that he has dropped the politically strategic idea of holding a double election this summer, sources said.
Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) on April 20 resumed operations on a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line, which had been entirely suspended since the night of April 14 due to earthquakes that struck Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures.
After fleeing from one school to the next in search of safety, a 49-year-old quake evacuee spent a restless and chilly night outside in a schoolyard.
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