A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease ...

But the prefectural government will consider translation ... On April 14, 2016, a magnitude 6.5 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, followed by a M7.3 temblor two days later. A total of 278 people ...

To improve post-disaster assessment, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing a system that uses satellite ...

Sixty-five people in the prefecture died in the downpour ... up soil to increase water-flow capacity.” A senior Kumamoto prefectural government official also expressed concerns about the ...

The memorial service is held every year on May 1 in the city of Minamata, in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto ... Asao reiterated the government's stance that Supreme Court rulings have ...

Local governments and communities of foreign residents in Kumamoto Prefecture are collaborating to build a network through ...

But the prefectural government will consider translation services if the ... On April 14, 2016, a magnitude 6.5 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, followed by a M7.3 temblor two days later. A total of ...

Japan’s cruise market is set to expand as more Japanese companies place orders for new ships, which are all expected to enter ...

Specifically, the prefectural government is advancing measures such ... On day six of the quake on Saturday, the death toll surged to 126 in the prefecture. It marked the first time since the 2016 ...

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur ...

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.