ASO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Despite pleas from residents for restoration work, a municipal highway nicknamed the “Laputa Road” for its scenic beauty remains marred by quake damage from five ...

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 ...

In addition, Kumamoto Prefecture is expected to be in a position to provide aid in the event of a Nankai Trough mega quake off Japan's Pacific coast. Seismologists predict it could reach a ...

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 ...

A memorial ceremony was held Monday to mark nine years since the powerful 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 278 people. The first earthquake struck on the night of April 14 ...

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.

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 ...

In late March 2025, Kumamoto Prefecture unveiled the Kumamoto Science Park Promotion Vision, a plan to build a semiconductor-centered science park alongside a broader innovation ecosystem.

READ MORE: Wildfires in the Carolinas force evacuations and prompt an emergency declaration A smaller fire was detected in the mountainous village of Aso in the Kumamoto prefecture on the ...