Japan's Defense Ministry has briefed the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and the mayor of Kumamoto City about the deployment of extended-range anti-ship missiles to a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in ...

KUMAMOTO—Protesters greeted vehicles carrying components for long-range missiles scheduled for deployment this month upon ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force transported early Monday a launcher and other equipment to its garrison in Kumamoto on the so ...

Local government officials in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, voiced protests on Monday after the Ministry of Defense transported a missile launcher and other equipment to a Ground Self-Defense Force ...

A recent whirlwind tour of the Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures on Kyushu Island proved that Japan isn’t just a ...

From transportation to education, governments and businesses are gearing up for the arrival of foreign newcomers ahead of the opening of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plant in Kikuyo, ...

​Representatives from Taiwan's Kaohsiung city, the US state of Arizona and Japan's Kumamoto prefecture signed an MOU on ...

Kimio Katsuya gazes over sprawling, freshly harvested rice fields in Kumamoto Prefecture that will soon be transformed. “Soon, the paddies will all be filled with water,” Katsuya says on this late ...

Every evening at six, a group of around 40 people gather in front of their computers. They include volunteers who’ve just finished their work on-site; officials from Kumamoto’s prefectural government, ...

Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injuries and widespread damage to the area's residences and ...