Kumamoto Quake Water Facilities Targeted for Full Restoration by End of AugustA · FULL TRANSLATION

Japan's infrastructure ministry has reported on the restoration of water facilities after the Kumamoto earthquake, aiming to complete work by the end of August. Water is the gating item in disaster recovery: without it homes cannot be reoccupied and food businesses cannot reopen, so it effectively sets the sequence. For anyone tracking reconstruction, progress notices like this indicate when the local economy returns to normal better than damage reports do.