Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has visited the south-western prefecture of Kumamoto, where recovery efforts are being hampered by heat and a lack of water supplies, almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed dozens and caused widespread damage. View image in fullscreen Sanae Takaichi greets evacuees in Hikawa in the southern Kumamoto prefecture after a major earthquake hit. The governor of Kumamoto, Takashi Kimura, in his meeting with Takaichi, stressed the “abnormal heat” over recent days. View image in fullscreen A house is seen collapsed onto a car in Hikawa. View image in fullscreen Vehicles wait in line to transport disaster debris to a temporary storage site in Hikawa, amid sweltering temperatures.