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Five Japanese Nationals Missing After Nepal Floods, Osaka Family Feared Involved

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Five Japanese nationals remain missing after severe flooding and a major landslide near Nepal’s border with China.
  • Japanese media reported that the missing people may be an Osaka couple and their three children, including a teacher at a prefectural school.
  • Japan’s prime minister asked Nepal’s leader to cooperate fully in the search, while local officials said they were collecting information and hoping for a rescue.

Five Japanese people have been missing since severe flooding and a major landslide struck near Nepal’s border with China. Japanese media reported that they may be a couple from Osaka and their three children.

The father reportedly works at a prefectural school in Osaka. Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said the employee had submitted leave paperwork stating that he planned to travel to Nepal, but continued to miss work after the holiday ended. Yoshimura said it remained difficult to confirm the family’s involvement, but that the possibility appeared highly likely.

We are extremely concerned for their safety and praying that they can be rescued.

— Hirofumi YoshimuraThe Osaka governor discussed the five missing Japanese nationals and the efforts to gather information.

“We are extremely concerned for their safety and praying that they can be rescued,” Yoshimura said. He added that Osaka would remain in contact with Japan’s Foreign Ministry and work to gather information.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also spoke by telephone with Nepal’s prime minister and asked Nepal to cooperate fully in the search for the five Japanese citizens. Nepal’s Prime Minister Shah replied that authorities were “doing everything possible” to find them.

Doing everything possible

— Nepal’s prime minister ShahNepal’s leader described the search effort after Japan asked for full cooperation.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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