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Japan's Kishida Cancels Central Asia Trip after Quake

Japan's Kishida Cancels Central Asia Trip after Quake

   Nagasaki, Aug. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that he canceled his planned trip to central Asia after the previous day's major earthquake off Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
   The 7.1-magnitude temblor led the Japan Meteorological Agency to release its first-ever emergency information warning about an increased risk of a megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central to southwestern Japan.
   Kishida was scheduled to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia for four days from Friday.
   He announced the cancellation at a press conference in Nagasaki after attending a peace ceremony Friday morning to mark the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city.

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