A 20-year-old man wanted on suspicion of breaking into a house in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, assaulting the woman who lives there and robbing her, has been arrested in Satsumasendai City, ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a tsunami warning before it was called off, officials said.

Construction of an Air Self-Defense Force base on Mageshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture, is likely to be delayed by ...

IBUSUKI, Kagoshima -- The unique "Mendon" festival, featuring a parade of participants wearing bizarre masks who smear black ...

As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a ...

JAPAN has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture Governor Shiota Koichi led a delegation on a return visit to Taiwan’s Pingtung on Sunday.

In an innovative step to protect the environment and declining “paper supplies,” Japan launched the world’s first ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolts Japan's Kyushu region, sparking fear of potential destruction and aftershocks.

Mostly sunny with a high of 59 °F (15 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds from WNW to W at 4 to 12 mph (6.4 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7 ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C). Winds from NW to WNW at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from NW to NNW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will ...