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The Uehara district of Ashikita Town is located at an altitude of approximately 400 meters. Seventeen households and 23 people live on this flat area in the mountains. The youngest is in his 60s, and most are elderly, 70 years old or older. Hiroyuki Hashimoto (60), a resident of the same town who was appointed as the town's disaster prevention supervisor last year, was the first to create a "disaster evacuation map." Designated evacuation shelte…
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The Uehara district of Ashikita Town is located at an altitude of approximately 400 meters. Seventeen households and 23 people live on this flat area in the mountains. The youngest is in his 60s, and most are elderly, 70 years old or older. Hiroyuki Hashimoto (60), a resident of the same town who was appointed as the town's disaster prevention supervisor last year, was the first to create a "disaster evacuation map." Designated evacuation shelte…

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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