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

Locals and ecologists are troubled by the potential impacts a looming seawall could have on the biodiverse Japanese island of ...

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

Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely ...

This is the first time since statistics began in 1951 that southern Kyushu has entered the rainy season earlier than any ...

Space agency officials from India and Japan met for the third time at the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, discussing ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press — The 50th and final H-2A rocket will be launched on June 24 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, it was learned Wednesday.

The baseball Leafs, a version of which dates back to the late 19th century, even before the local hockey team, went to full ...

There were 2,284 certified patients of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring Kagoshima Prefecture as of the end of March, while 1,271 others had applied for certification.