A 20-year-old man wanted on suspicion of breaking into a house in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, assaulting the woman who lives there and robbing her, has been arrested in Satsumasendai City, ...

Construction of an Air Self-Defense Force base on Mageshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture, is likely to be delayed by ...

JAPAN has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said ...

IBUSUKI, Kagoshima -- The unique "Mendon" festival, featuring a parade of participants wearing bizarre masks who smear black ...

As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture Governor Shiota Koichi led a delegation on a return visit to Taiwan’s Pingtung on Sunday.

In an innovative step to protect the environment and declining “paper supplies,” Japan launched the world’s first ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolts Japan's Kyushu region, sparking fear of potential destruction and aftershocks.

According to the National Weather Service's National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, there is no threat of a ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning ...

A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquakerattles Japan's southern Kyushu region:: January 13, 2025:: Miyazaki, JapanBuildings and ...