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PM Sanae Takaichi visits quake-hit southern Japan as cleanup begins in intense heat

More than 46,000 households remained without water and many also face fuel shortages as the region suffers sweltering heat, stoking fears of heat-related illness.

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00:03Japanese Prime Minister Sanai Takeishi visited the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto on Monday
00:09for the first time since it was hit by a magnitude 7.1 quake last week.
00:14Takeishi flew over the affected areas from an army helicopter
00:18and visited one of the best equipped shelters,
00:21triggering criticisms on social media that her visit distorted reality.
00:30The government has to provide push-like services,
00:33the services of the city that will do the rescue services,
00:37and the disaster recovery for the pandemic.
00:40We will make sure to keep people in advance to be expanded,
00:41and to be more effective and more effective.
00:44In the future, we will make the use of the additional $200 million to get to use.
00:51We will make sure that we will make the budget necessary.
00:5438 people died during the quake, including one of apparent heat stroke,
00:59While taking shelter in a car in hot weather, officials said on Monday, 8,500 people remained at crowded emergency
01:06shelters and more than 46,000 households remained without water.
01:11Local authorities stressed the abnormal heat has been pounding on the already difficult lives of the residents as temperatures were
01:19predicted to rise close to 40 degrees Celsius on Monday.
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