Torrential rain exceeding 100 mm per hour hit Kyushu early Tuesday morning, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue warnings for landslides and floods, NHK reported Tuesday. According to the agency, heavy rain was reported in the city of Yatsushiro and the town of Hikawa in ...
Two moderately strong earthquakes rattled the opposite ends of Japan overnight, leaving one woman seriously injured, a government agency said Sunday. The quake in Hokkaido registered lower 5 on the Japanese intensity scale to 7 in the town of Abira and 4 in parts of ...
Heavy rain hit a wide area on the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago Wednesday, disrupting traffic and prompting local authorities to issue evacuation advisories for over 360,000 people in central regions due to possible flooding. The body of a woman in her 60s was ...
Canadian native living in Kyushu recalls his experiences of extreme sports in Japan.
After failing to win respect for his craft in Japan, 17th-generation bladesmith Murray Carter brought the Yoshimoto name to Portland.
The 2007 launch of the service sparked controversy, with opponents regarding it as giving the green light to parents abandoning children.
April 29-July 17 Born and raised in Gunma Prefecture, Amigo Koike worked as an illustrator after he quit college in the 1980s, and was a musician and DJ during the '90s. Focusing on local residents in Japan, Koike has organized events and workshops throughout the country, ...
Local companies and municipal governments in Kumamoto Prefecture are accelerating moves to use locally produced wood to rebuild the houses and other facilities destroyed in last year's massive earthquakes. Forests cover some 60 percent of Kumamoto, making the prefecture the fourth-largest wood producer among the ...
A ceremony was held on Monday in the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, to mark the 61st anniversary of the official recognition of Minamata disease, a mercury poisoning caused by polluted wastewater. About 700 people, including those who still suffer symptoms, families of victims, and ...
Shinobu Yamato, 49, still can't wash a pair of socks that her son, Hikaru, had left lying around before he was killed in the earthquakes that rocked Kumamoto Prefecture and its vicinity last April. "I feel like I can still feel my son," she said. She ...
While many sightseeing spots in Kumamoto Prefecture are gradually winning back visitors a year after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the region, one village has not been so lucky. Aso, which is home to Mount Aso, once one of the most popular tourism destinations ...
