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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The government has assigned five Sakishima ... But there are doubts and concerns. The plan for Kumamoto prefecture, for instance, is to take in evacuees from Miyakojima Island, who would arrive ...

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 ...

To that end, the Japanese government has unveiled a sweeping ... production at its first fabrication facility in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture. The plant, a joint venture with Sony and Denso ...

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 ...