A memorial service was held Saturday in the Chiran district of Minami-Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, for pilots who had died ...

After months in Japan, we came up with a list of the best wellness retreats in Kyushu, Okinawa, and other southwest ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from several southwestern islands in the event of an emergency in ...

Kagoshima Prefecture now has 100 female local assembly members, representing 14% of all seats, following April elections. The ...

Young women across Japan are leaving their rural hometowns bound for Tokyo in search of improved job prospects.

Hyundai Motor Company today held a handover ceremony to deliver Hyundai ELEC CITY TOWN electric buses to Tanegashima ...

Several types of horses have galloped or lumbered along a sandy beach during a decades-old racing event in Japan's ...

The seventh cow to pull a sightseeing cart in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, which offers a relaxing tour of the cityscape, has ...

Around 170,000 tons of sesame were consumed in Japan in 2023, but only about 80 tons were produced domestically for a ...

Japan's 50th and final H2A rocket will be launched on June 24 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...