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Story summary
- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Kumamoto Prefecture to comfort July 28 earthquake victims.
- They arrived at Kumamoto Airport around 11:30 a.m. on a special flight from Haneda.
- A Self-Defense Forces helicopter took them to a temporary heliport on the Yatsushiro riverbank.
- From the helicopter they bowed toward the collapsed Nippon Paper Industries Yatsushiro plant, where a chimney killed nine people.
