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An aerial view shows construction workers restoring a damaged road beside a grave yard in the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto prefecture, on April 15, 2016, after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu the day before. Rescuers were rifling through the remains of collapsed building in southern Japan on April 15, after a powerful earthquake left at least nine people dead and injured hundreds, sparking fires and buckling roads. / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

An aerial view shows construction workers restoring a damaged road beside a grave yard in the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto prefecture, on April 15, 2016, after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu the day before. Rescuers were rifling through the remains of collapsed building in southern Japan on April 15, after a powerful earthquake left at least nine people dead and injured hundreds, sparking fires and buckling roads. / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
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