📢Reconnaissance of the 2026 #KumamotoEarthquake# is available on E-Defense👇 🔗 From 21-23 Aug, #NIED# conducted a post-earthquake reconnaissance, focusing on building damage caused by #soilliquefaction#, #grounddeformation#, and soil-structure interaction🔍

◥◣Shaking Test Video◢◤ The 2026 #KumamotoEarthquake# caused severe #liquefaction# at a Port🚢—similar to the long‑lasting impact seen in Kobe after 1995. #NIED#'s large‑scale test shows how seawalls and ground can collapse under extreme shaking🔍 More👇 🔗

【🚨Emergency Response to the Kumamoto Earthquake】 On July 28, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto region of Kumamoto Prefecture. We sincerely ask for your generous support and donations to support people affected by the earthquake.

As usual, Weibo is flooded with the same gloating over the Kumamoto earthquake — “deserved,” “karma,” open celebration of Japanese suffering. What these accounts never grasp is the simplest law of nature: What you throw out often comes back harder. The “karma” they so eagerly wish upon their neighbour often circle back as a boomerang. Controversial question: When the next major disaster hits China, will these same people still call it “karma” — or will they suddenly demand the world show them the mercy they currently refuse to show anyone else? Chinese netizens keep wishing ill on Japan. Those wishes have a habit of returning.

I was watching *Mezamashi TV* a little while ago, and they were interviewing an elementary school student who had been affected by the Kumamoto earthquake. They asked, "Do you have any memories from summer vacation?" The student replied with just one word: "No."