From mossy gorges to volcanic trails, Yakushima Island and Kagoshima in Japan’s far south are a hiker’s paradise.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted on Thursday, sending a towering column of ash nearly two miles into the sky.

Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely monitoring the situation.

Locals and ecologists are troubled by the potential impacts a looming seawall could have on the biodiverse Japanese island of ...

CHINA, Kagoshima Prefecture--The dominance of standard Japanese in colloquial speech across the archipelago has obvious advantages. But it comes at the risk of killing off rare dialects spoken on ...

Japan’s space agency announced plans for seven or more lift-offs annually of its flagship H3 rocket from the Kagoshima complex in Kyushu. The science ministry and the Japan Aerospace Exploration ...

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Kagoshima’s biggest festival, named after a famous folk song from the seaside city in Kyushu, takes over Shibuya with parades, songs and dance performances on May 17 and 18. The main procession ...

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