Overview
- City-led buses began taking evacuees into the restricted area to confirm damage, with staff recording each household’s relocation plans.
- Oita City secured 180 rooms for temporary housing across public units, company dorms, private apartments and care homes, with hotel stays offered until move-in.
- As of Saturday, 69 households totaling 108 people remained in a public shelter, where the city distributed Tamiflu after two influenza cases were confirmed.
- Firefighting continued on Tsuta Island and nearby mountain woodlands that had not reached a fully suppressed state, while power was restored outside the damaged zone.
- Authorities confirmed one fatality identified by DNA as 76-year-old resident Inagaki Kiyoshi, and the prefectural governor signaled intent to seek national support under the disaster-recovery law.