The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle, the city ...

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 ...

Kumamoto Prefecture unveiled the Kumamoto Science Park Promotion Vision, a plan to build a semiconductor-centered science ...

AMAKUSA, Kumamoto Prefecture—The unlikely friendship of ... adventure and buried treasure connected to the area’s Christian history. Christianity had been introduced to the Amakusa region ...

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 ...

A police officer stands guard in front of a house destroyed by an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, April 16, 2016. Credit: Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP ...

Kosei Baba, a member of the Kikuyo Municipal Assembly in Kumamoto Prefecture, points in the direction where he saw an Osprey aircraft in February, in his home garden on March 9, 2025. (Mainichi ...

Of these deaths, 64 were recorded in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the southwestern island of Kyushu, which has borne the brunt of the destruction. Fourteen people at a nursing home in Kuma Village were ...

A representative of Kumamoto Prefecture said the event “will offer a good opportunity for many people to learn about the history (of Minamata disease) and its lessons.” Hiroyuki Sanada ...