Andrew Mitchell and KEEP in the news again. Here’s Claude’s translation of part of the article (the rest is behind a paywall). – Kirk https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260307/ddl/k43/040/267000c
Keeping Foreigners Safe: “KEEP” — Disaster Preparedness Activities Nationwide After the Kumamoto Earthquake — Andrew Mitchell, Special Assistant Professor at Kumamoto University / Kumamoto Mainichi Shimbun, March 7, 2026 — Regional Edition, 659 characters Andrew Mitchell (41), a British-born special assistant professor at Kumamoto University, was caught in the Kumamoto Earthquake in April 2016. Having never experienced a major earthquake in his home country, he had no idea what to do. “Even after coming to Japan, there are few opportunities to learn about earthquakes. I don’t want others to go through the painful experience I had” — with that feeling, he launched an organization in May of that year to share disaster preparedness knowledge with foreigners, and has continued the work ever since. Aamoto University’s doctoral program in April 2014, at the age of 29. On the night of April 14, 2016, when the first powerful shock — the “foreshock” — struck, he was at his apartment in Kumamoto City. “The only thing I knew was that I had to protect my head,” he recalled. He scrambled to hide under the mattress of his bed.And
