熊本——7月28日熊本县地震发生两个月后，仍有1500多人住在避难所，该地震造成38人死亡，其中包括因疑似间接原因死亡的人员。
Kumamoto – More than 1,500 people are still staying in evacuation centers two months after the July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 38 people, including those who died from suspected indirect causes.
与此同时，重建工作取得了一定进展，灾民开始搬入临时住房，九州新干线也已全线恢复运营。
Meanwhile, some progress has been made toward reconstruction as evacuees started to move into temporary housing and the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line was fully reopened.
据县政府统计，截至周五，全县32处避难所仍有1514人避难。
As of Friday, 1,514 people were staying in shelters at 32 locations in the prefecture, according to the prefectural government.
此次地震最大震度达7级（日本气象厅震度等级最高级），导致71518栋住宅受损，其中9540栋全倒或半倒。
The quake, whose maximum seismic intensity reached 7, the highest level on the Japanese shindo scale, caused damage to 71,518 residential buildings, with 9,540 of them completely or partially destroyed.
另有10663栋建筑的受损评估尚未完成。仅有776户受损住宅获批公费拆除。地震曾导致多达10.8万户停水，应急供水恢复工程已完成。
The assessment of damage was not finished for 10,663 buildings. Only 776 cases of publicly financed demolition of damaged housing had been approved. Emergency restoration work for water services was completed after the temblor caused water outages for up to 108,000 households.
然而，在许多居民依赖井水的八代市，约4500户井水受损，全面恢复工程何时完成尚不确定。
However, in Yatsushiro, where many residents rely on well water, damage to wells has been reported at about 4,500 households. It is uncertain when restoration work will be fully completed.
冰川町、甲佐町、宇城市及县厅所在地熊本市已建成10处临时住房集中建设地，共182户。灾民已开始陆续入住。
A total of 182 emergency temporary housing units have been established in 10 complexes in Hikawa, Kosa, Uki and Kumamoto, the prefecture’s namesake capital. Evacuees have begun moving into the housing.
此外，计划在25处建设地再建设700户，以便灾民于年底前入住。冰川町也已开始在居民自家宅地上建设临时住房。
An additional 700 units in 25 complexes are scheduled to be built so that evacuees can move into them by year-end. Construction of temporary housing has also started on the grounds of residents’ homes in Hikawa.
9月18日，九州旅客铁道（JR九州）恢复了九州新干线熊本站至新水俣站区间的运营，该区间自地震发生以来一直停运。
On Sept. 18, Kyushu Railway, or JR Kyushu, reopened the Kyushu Shinkansen line’s section between Kumamoto and Shin-Minamata stations, which had been closed since the quake.
JR九州还宣布，将于10月10日恢复鹿儿岛本线宇土站至八代站区间的运营。
JR Kyushu has also announced that it will resume operations between Uto and Yatsushiro stations on the Kagoshima Line on Oct. 10.
10月，一项由公共资金资助的熊本旅游折扣计划将启动，最高覆盖60%的交通和住宿费用，以支持旅游业。
In October, a publicly funded Kumamoto travel discount program will start, covering up to 60% of travel and accommodation costs to support tourism.
全县约370家住宿设施将参与，符合折扣条件的旅游和住宿方案销售于9月15日开始。部分设施在开始后不久就达到了计划限额。
About 370 accommodation facilities in the prefecture are set to participate, and sales of travel and accommodation plans eligible for discounts started on Sept. 15. Some facilities reached their planned limits shortly after the start.