Kumamoto Prefectural Police have sent papers to prosecutors on two police officers over alleged sex crimes. One case involves a police officer in his 30s who has been arrested on suspicion of ...

TAKAMORI, Kumamoto Prefecture--A local railway line wrecked by earthquakes in southwestern Japan seven years ago finally resumed full service on July 15. It took three months before even a ...

TAKAMORI, Kumamoto Prefecture--"Cat's Eye" creator Tsukasa Hojo and "Fist of the North Star" manga illustrator Tetsuo Hara will be on hand to teach students here in a plan to save the town's only ...