The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle ...

Japan's Satsuma Golf Resort, operated by the domestic golf integration platform 「SHOWGOLF」, is drawing attention as it ranks ...

A memorial ceremony was held Monday to mark nine years since the powerful 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 278 people. The first earthquake struck on the night of April 14 ...

Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then-22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the major earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016. Hikaru Yamato's 57-year-old ...

A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

People pray in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, in the early hours of April 16, 2025, the ninth anniversary of the second of a pair of earthquakes that hit the region and killed more than 270 people.

Wednesday marks nine years since the second of the two consecutive massive earthquakes hit Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto. Reconstruction work is making progress in the affected areas.

The increasing military use of a civilian airport in southwest Japan, thought to be for contingency drills with China in mind ...

Kyushu’s working-age population (15–64) dropped 0.7% to 7 million. Okinawa remains Japan’s youngest prefecture, with a higher ...

We meet Polish Izabela Ishikawa who works to find and return the remains of those who died during World War II in Okinawa, and Hongkonger Wan Sze Ho, an instructor at a driving school in Kumamoto.

Japan and the United States frequently conduct training to defend remote islands in southwest Japan's Kyushu region and Okinawa Prefecture. Experts believe that the use of Aso Kumamoto Airport is ...