Named for the island’s status as the world’s 36th largest, the train offers a slower way to see some of the region’s rural ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 14 will likely approach the Kyushu region during the three-day weekend starting on Sept. 17 before changing its course to travel eastward over the Japanese archipelago. The Japan ...

A major regional bank group in Kyushu signed an agreement with a leading Taiwanese financial entity to smooth the way for companies from Taiwan to do business in southern Japan. Fukuoka Financial ...

Kyushu is the third-largest island in Japan and is located in the southwestern part of the country. It is one of the four main islands of Japan, along with Honshu (where Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and ...

I am not a cyclist. I don’t even own a bicycle. So I was surprised to discover, after pedaling around one of Japan’s main islands, that it might be my favorite new way to travel. I always associated ...

The Meteorological Agency warned of landslides, river flooding and inundation in low-lying areas in the Kyushu region and Yamaguchi Prefecture as heavy rain continued over the weekend. A linear ...

If I stared too long, the glossy, petrified tree trunk seemed to pulsate energy through the roof, down into the walls and past the fragile washi paper screens. “The house breathes,” Akihiro Tokunaga, ...

“Come, I’m going to take you on a tour of hell,” my guide explained as we climbed into her van. With our hotel far behind us, the entire town of Beppu suddenly came into view through the windshield; ...

Nikkei Asia reports US-based investment firm Asia Pacific Land (APL) is planning to build a $845 million (125 billion yen) facility in the city of Kitakyushu. APL reportedly hopes to develop a 150MW ...

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The Soldier on occupation duty in Kyushu is first of all a fighting-man. The major portion of his time is given to a rigorous training schedule. But, once his training day is over, he finds a variety ...

Understanding how cells decide their fate is a central challenge in biology, complicated by the fact that single-cell RNA ...