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\n BEIJING
\nChina expresses mourning for lives lost and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured in the earthquake that recently hit Japan\u2019s Kumamoto Prefecture, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
\nSpokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a related query.
\nShe said China\u2019s embassy and consulates in Japan activated emergency response mechanisms immediately after the earthquake and issued a consular advisory urging Chinese nationals to guard against potential tsunamis and aftershocks.
\nMao added that the Foreign Ministry and Chinese diplomatic missions in Japan will continue to closely monitor the situation and provide timely assistance to Chinese citizens in need.
\nThe magnitude-7.1 quake struck Kumamoto at 4:27 p.m. on Tuesday at a depth of about 10 km, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
tragedy BEIJING China expresses mourning for lives lost and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured in the earthquake that recently hit Japan\u2019s Kumamoto Prefecture, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a related query. She said China\u2019s embassy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n