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Japan to build hospital ships to boost disaster response in coastal areas: ‘a huge help’
Authorities have confirmed 281 fatalities and three people are still listed as missing. A further 1,300 people sustained injuries across six prefectures in the most powerful earthquake since the March 2011 tremor off northeast Japan. “In our country, …