National / Social Issues | Regional Voices: Kyushu Oct 9, 2020
People with Minamata disease offer life lessons for Oita students
School students learn about mercury pollution and related stigma that are associated with the illness.
National / Social Issues Sep 12, 2020
Japan's foreign residents face discrimination due to COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, there have been an increasing number of reports that foreign residents living in areas with prominent international communities in Japan are being subject to discrimination and hateful remarks. A 22-year-old Indian student at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University was targeted ...
National | Regional Voices: Kyushu Aug 28, 2020
Oita residents group providing rice for foreign interns in need
The group hopes to continue until September, and will need more than 3 tons of rice.
National Jul 10, 2020
Rescue workers on Friday continued to search for 16 people missing in Kyushu following torrential rains that have inundated the island and surrounding region since last week. Police resumed searching for five people missing in the cities of Yufu and Hita in Oita Prefecture, while ...
National Jul 9, 2020
Kyushu rain deals new blow to hot springs reeling from coronavirus
Many inns have been forced to suspend their businesses again after two months of closure under the nationwide state of emergency in April and May.
National Jul 7, 2020
At least 53 dead as torrential rains and floodwaters hit Kyushu
Rescuers race against the clock to find survivors as heavy rains continue to submerge region.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 8, 2020
Oita man held on suspicion of murdering colleague with forklift load
Investigators are looking into possible difficulties between the two, the police said.
National Apr 16, 2020
Akie Abe criticized for taking group tour in Oita during pandemic
by Satoshi Sugiyama
Her reported activity took place a day after her husband sounded the alarm over the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases.
National Jan 29, 2020
Support efforts begin across Japan to help coronavirus-hit Wuhan
People from around Japan have begun offering support to the residents that remain in locked-down Wuhan, a major Chinese city at the center of a coronavirus outbreak. Inagora Inc., an e-commerce operator based in Tokyo, launched a campaign Monday to ship face masks, free of ...
Food & Drink | Women of Taste Jan 11, 2020
Marie-Josee Laforest: Harvesting the rewards of organic permaculture
by Joan Bailey
From five holy basil seeds, an oregano plant, a few stems of orange mint, six fig tree cuttings and a handful of butterfly pea seeds, Marie-Josee Laforest's sprouts have grown to become a 200-hectare organic permaculture farm in the mountains Oita Prefecture.
National / Politics Dec 20, 2019
Working mom fights the odds to become sole female LDP lawmaker in Kyushu
by Tomohiro Osaki
On a recent chilly November morning, aspiring politician Maiko Takahashi was undergoing a trial by fire as she stumped for just the second time in her life, addressing an ebb and flow of commuters near Oita Station. The temperature had plummeted that day in Oita ...
National Oct 30, 2019
Drones tested in Japan nuclear disaster drill for first time near Ikata plant in Ehime
Drones carried supplies for the first time in a nuclear disaster drill on Wednesday at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. The exercise by the Ehime Prefectural Government involved 23,000 participants from 97 organizations, including all municipalities in Ehime and ...