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 ...

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 ...

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--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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN. 1. *Tanabe R, Miyazono K, Todo T, Saito N, Iwata C, Komuro A, Sakai S, Raja E, Koinuma D, Morikawa M, Westermark B, and ...

This book contains updated versions of a set of papers presented at the International Conference on Agriculture and Economic Development-A Symposium on Japan's Experience which was held in Tokyo, July ...