Kyushu placed ninth out of 11 regions overall in a new gender-gap index that compares how different parts of the country fare on gender equality across various professions. The Kyushu Economic ...

By mid-1945, southern Kyushu had become a deadly maze of caves, fortifications, and armed civilians. Japanese forces trained teenagers, elderly reservists, and volunteers to hold the beaches at all ...

KITA-KYUSHU--Applause rang out after each exotic dancer completed her set on a rotating stage here in late November. But it was a far cry from the boisterous atmosphere that had rocked the club in its ...

In the summer of 1945, American leaders faced a chilling reality: Japan was both weakened and terrifyingly prepared. With ...

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 ...

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 ...

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday, initially prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the coast of Kyushu and Shikoku and for the Meteorological ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct ...

“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; ...