Scientists believe declining populations may be a key factor and have warned that a long-term analysis is needed to assess ...

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, ...

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

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

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

This is the dramatic moment an eruption rocked the Sakurajima Volcano in Japan. Footage shows the volcano sending an ash ...

Click here to check out the stories of Japanese regions that have put much effort into sustainable tourism developments and ...

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

As powerful Typhoon No. 10 approaches southern Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency on Aug. 28 issued emergency warnings for wind storms and high waves for Kagoshima Prefecture, calling for ...

YUIME, which provides recruitment support and media operations for primary industries including agriculture, announced on the 20th that it has raised 440 million yen in the first close of its ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off Amami-Oshima island. The damage was found in a ...

Japan became the first country in the world to sell toilet paper made from used diapers. In the first batch, 30,000 rolls ...