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.

The Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted on Thursday, May 15, with smoke reaching 3,000 meters. Nearby residents were ...

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

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This is the first time since statistics began in 1951 that southern Kyushu has entered the rainy season earlier than any ...

CDP leader Yoshihiko Noda told reporters in Sapporo that if the ruling camp does not decide on the consumption tax cut, it ...

Thankfully, this isn’t goodbye – as of May 1, Café Gyoen has relocated to a new space in Maxwell, where it has rebranded as a ...

Space agency officials from India and Japan met for the third time at the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, discussing ...

KAGOSHIMA--A massive eruption occurred at Mount Sakurajima here on the evening of July 24, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue the highest alert urging residents to evacuate.

Thousands come from Japan, Czech Republic and Ohio towns too, to celebrate Hamvention and those who ‘explore the world through radio.’ ...

The evacuees will take chartered buses from Fukuoka and Kagoshima airports, where the aircraft will arrive from the Sakishima islands, to reach designated hotels. In principle, residents from the ...