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• July 29, 2026

Business was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a restaurant in the southwestern Japanese city of Yatsushiro, when the entire building suddenly swayed. Everything on the kitchen shelves fell to the floor; Bowls and glasses shattered. The restaurant’s co-owner, Hiroko Ogata, 75, had just entered. “I was shocked and scared,” she told BBC