“We offer our condolences to the families of the victims and strongly believe that with their efforts and willpower, the Japanese Government and people will shortly overcome this difficult moment and stabilise the situation,” the diplomat said on April 16. Two powerful earthquakes a day apart jolted southwestern Japan, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500.
Concerning Vietnamese citizens living in Japan, Binh quoted the Vietnam Embassy in Japan and the Consul General in Fukuoka as saying that they have yet to receive any information about Vietnamese casualties in these quakes.
The Vietnamese mission in Japan has opened 3 telephone hotlines to receive relevant information to provide timely support.
The Vietnam Embassy in Japan and the Consulate General are keeping contact with Japan’s authorised agencies to update information. Vietnamese nationals in Kumamoto prefecture, located in Kyushu Island, can ask for help by calling the embassy via the phone number 080-3590-9136, or the consulate via the numbers 080-3984-6668 and 080-3904-0198. About 1,600 Vietnamese people are living in Kumamoto as of June 2015, according to Japan’s data.
People walk among houses destroyed by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Kumamoto, Japan on April 16, 2016. The day after a 6.2 magnitude foreshock on April 14, the Kumamoto prefecture was struck again (Taro Karibe/Getty Images)
Houses are destroyed after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto, Japan on April 16, 2016. The day after a 6.2 magnitude foreshock on April 14, the Kumamoto prefecture was struck again.(Taro Karibe/Getty Images)
A cemetery is seen after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture in Japan on April 16, 2016. The massive quake followed on the heels of a 6.2 magnitude foreshock that occurred in the same area on April 14.(Taro Karibe/Getty Images)
