Scientists believe declining populations may be a key factor and have warned that a long-term analysis is needed to assess ...

Early risers across Kagoshima Prefecture and other parts of western Japan spotted a fiery object slowly splitting apart as it traveled across the predawn sky around 4 a.m. on Dec. 19. An expert ...

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, ...

This is the dramatic moment an eruption rocked the Sakurajima Volcano in Japan. Footage shows the volcano sending an ash ...

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

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

The warnings were extended at 8:24 a.m. for Miyazaki Prefecture, eastern Kagoshima Prefecture, the Tanegashima and Yakushima regions, and the Amami islands and the Tokara islands.

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

Scattered light rain showers are expected. The high will be 46°. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant O₃ 57 μg/m³ Amount of moisture present in the air relative to the maximum amount of ...

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

Mostly sunny with a high of 59 °F (15 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds from WNW to W at 4 to 12 mph (6.4 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7 ...