The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of a pair of massive earthquakes that killed 275 people with a scaled-down ceremony amid the coronavirus pandemic.Twenty-six participants, including those who lost family members in the disaster, observed a moment of silence at the Kumamoto prefectural government office, with the number of attendees cut from 350 last year. Spaces between seats were widened to around 2 meters to minimize person-to-person contact and help prevent infections.Only five guests, including the prefectural assembly chairman, w…READ FULL ARTICLE