Kagoshima finally dethroning the nation's top tea-growing prefecture sent shock waves through local producers.

The ash is expected to fall in Kagoshima, Kirishima and other municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture. Small amounts of ash are expected to drift as far as Miyazaki and Kumamoto prefectures.

Three Chinese men were arrested Wednesday for alleged possession of several thousand protected hermit crabs in the ...

Several types of horses have galloped or lumbered along a sandy beach during a decades-old racing event in Japan's ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from several southwestern islands in the event of an emergency in ...

Let's have a look at Hisatsu Orange Railway's tourist train that has been running for over 10 years.

There were 2,284 certified patients of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring Kagoshima Prefecture as of the ...

Kagoshima Prefecture now has 100 female local assembly members, representing 14% of all seats, following April elections. The ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 57 °F (13.9 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 16 mph (9.7 to 25.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds WNW at 5 to 12 mph (8 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6 ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 1 to 6 mph (1.6 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 57 °F (13.9 °C). Cloudy with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C) and a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds ...