A senior prefectural government official excitedly said such companies have revived long-dormant industrial zones. The official said Kumamoto has sold 30 hectares of prefecture-owned industrial ...

But no repair work is in sight for the Kario highway, which is administered by the Aso city government in the eastern part of Kumamoto Prefecture. The 5.7-kilometer road climbs the slope of the ...

Kumamoto Prefectural Police have sent papers to prosecutors ... We offer our deepest apologies to the victims and the people of the prefecture." Help us improve health care in Japan. Join our ...

This dish of rice featuring Japan’s famous beef, from cows raised in the rich grasslands of Kumamoto Prefecture, is set off with an egg on top. For those with a sweeter tooth, Ikinari Dango ...

The center of Yamaga City in Kumamoto Prefecture lights up on winter nights. A total of 5,300 bamboo tubes lit with candles and Japanese umbrellas illuminated by lights filled the street of 300 ...

Japan to deploy first long-range missiles capable of reaching North Korea and China - Land-to-ship guided missiles with range of about 1,000km likely be deployed on southernmost Kyushu island ...

Kumamoto Prefecture, on Dec. 2. As the manga's author Eiichiro Oda hails from the city of Kumamoto, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government tapped his characters in setting up the artwork as part of ...

Workers began building temporary housing on Saturday in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, where flooding is believed to have damaged more than 3,700 homes. The prefectural government says it ...

Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told the wire service. A police officer stands guard in front of a house destroyed by an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan ...

The sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees monitored by the Japanese Meteorological Agency bloomed in the cities of Kochi and Kumamoto on ... Miyazaki Prefecture, where the mercury hit 28.3 degrees.

The deployment was likely to begin at the end of March next year, the report said, citing Japanese government ... in Yufu in Oita prefecture and the city of Kumamoto being the two likely locations ...

Kumamoto’s Tatsuda Nature Park is a little-known treasure ... Gracia Hosokawa was born Tama Akechi in Echizen (modern day Fukui Prefecture). She was the daughter of Mitsuhide Akechi (1528-1582), a ...