A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

A light truck rumbled along a road by a cabbage field in Kumamoto Prefecture, alongside large dump trucks loaded with materials on a recent day. Across from the field was a massive building with ...

KUMAMOTO—The criminal trial of two Vietnamese men charged with the theft of a number of bonsai trees from a bonsai specialty store in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, has started at the Kumamoto ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully executed a practical trial of a new genome-editing technique that allows ...

An 86-year-old man who had continued to seek a retrial over his conviction in a high-profile murder case in this eastern ...

Vibrant colors and hypnotic light come together at an event held every winter in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture, to spotlight the beauty of Japanese lanterns and umbrellas. The glow of more than ...

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At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year with the coldness of winter. One of the waterfalls is 100 meters tall.

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