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Disasters

Earthquakes and typhoons arrive every year here, so the comment sections spend little time on the event itself. They are about what happens to people afterwards.

• Disasters 2026-08-04 1,011 comments COVID in a Kumamoto Shelter: Why Disaster-Prone Japan Still Sleeps on Gym Floors A COVID case hit a Kumamoto quake shelter with no partitions, one isolation room, and 8,000+ evacuees. Japan's comment section is angry — but not at whom you'd expect.

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