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The Shinmoedake volcano, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, continued to erupt on Thursday, July 3, ...
Japan’s Shinmoedake volcanic eruption sends a towering ash plume. Learn how residents are affected, alert levels, eruption ...
Japanese officials are dismissing alarm over the prediction of a July “catastrophe” in a comic book, “The Future I Saw,” which is deterring some summer tourists.
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.
No one would call Hamono the best sushi restaurant in Portland. But everything we tried was good enough, from the tuna ...
Down in the sunny southeast corner of Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture is best known for sunny skies, pristine beaches and some seriously flavorful food. With rich farmland, top-tier livestock and tropical ...
Spontaneous unexploded bomb detonations had been confirmed across Kyushu, including Saiki in Oita Prefecture in 1969, Oita in 1992 and 1994, Hyuga in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1967, 1972 and 1975 and ...
The earthquake occurred off Miyazaki Prefecture at 4:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) at a depth of about 18 miles, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Most of the injuries have been recorded in Miyazaki prefecture, on the southern island of Kyushu, NHK reports. It has been heavily hit by gusts and rainfall in the last 24 hours with at least 35 ...
Cities or countries that lack a Korean Cultural Center (KCC) can still experience Korean culture under a new initiative. The ...
LONDON -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has rocked the coast of southern Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the earthquake is just a dozen ...
MIYAZAKI, Japan -- Miyazaki prefecture, on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, is leveraging anime and manga for tourism promotion through public-private partnerships. One such initiative ...