The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle ...

A light truck rumbled along a road by a cabbage field in Kumamoto Prefecture, alongside large dump trucks loaded with materials on a recent day. Across from the field was a massive building with ...

KUMAMOTO--Kumamoto University will “hire” graduate students studying semiconductors from fiscal 2023 in hopes of eventually supplying top-level personnel to the burgeoning local chip industry ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A high school science club here enlisted the help of local fishermen to reproduce a rare type of atmospheric optical phenomenon that can be glimpsed in the Yatsushiro Sea ...

Hong Konger Wen Shihao, 30, a staff member of Kumamoto Driving School in Kumamoto city’s Kita Ward, near Kikuyo, presents lectures for foreign students. “People in our classes often need three ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A statue of Jinbe joined the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates from the popular “One Piece” manga series to support the prefecture’s recovery from the 2016 Kumamoto ...

KUMAMOTO--Tourists from Taiwan are now flocking to Kumamoto Prefecture, site of a new semiconductor plant that is expected to generate huge economic benefits for the area. The prefecture has ...

KUMAMOTO--With the grandeur of Mount Aso in the background, around 20 cranes were erecting what will be a fortress-like building on a 21-hectare site in Kikuyo town, Kumamoto Prefecture.

KUMAMOTO--The interior of Kumamoto Castle's main tower reopened to the public on June 28 following the completion of repairs from the 2016 earthquakes here that knocked off roof tiles and ...

KUMAMOTO--Left devastated and in ruins by a spate of strong earthquakes seven years ago, iconic Kumamoto Castle is rising from the ashes. The temblors caused serious damage to the structures that ...

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