NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture--Governor Koichi Shiota is signaling his approval of the central government’s controversial plan to build a new Self-Defense Forces base on Mageshima island ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 10 made landfall near Satsuma-Sendai in Kagoshima Prefecture around 8 a.m. on Aug. 29, prompting widespread evacuation orders and disaster-related warnings. Strong gusts of ...

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested musician Kosuke Naka over the alleged rape of a man at a bathhouse in ...

An explosive eruption rocked Sakurajima Volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on March 25. The eruption sent a massive ash ...

The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture erupted once again on February 9. Footage sped-up in post shows plumes of ash blasting 1.2 miles into the air. This is the volcano's 31st ...

Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan for 120,000 residents of islands near Taiwan as it announced an evacuation drill ...

Let's have a look at Hisatsu Orange Railway's tourist train that has been running for over 10 years.

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There's plenty of catching up to do – especially in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, where the issue is said to be entrenched not only in the public and private sector, but also the ...

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