The Environment Ministry on Tuesday declared the eradication of nonnative mongooses on Amami-Oshima island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Kagoshima Prefecture. The declaration was based on judgment by …
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall near the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 8 a.m. on Thursday as a “very strong” storm, bringing severe weather to a wide area. As …
Kagoshima – The Kagoshima District Court on Monday handed a suspended sentence to a former Kagoshima Prefectural Police officer for breaching confidentiality by leaking investigation information to a journalist. Judge …
Kagoshima – The Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors’ Office in southwestern Japan on Friday indicted a former senior official of the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Department for allegedly breaching confidentiality by leaking …
The Meteorological Agency announced Friday a significantly heightened risk of rain-induced disasters, including flooding and landslides, in Kagoshima Prefecture due to the formation of linear rain bands driven by an …
A 21-year-old female nursery school teacher in the city of Kagoshima was arrested on Saturday for allegedly slashing the neck of a boy at the nursery with a knife-like object, …
Amami, Kagoshima Pref. – A Tokyo firm is hoping that the aging of wine at an undersea cellar off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture will help revive the local economy. …
U.S. forces said Monday that remains and wreckage were discovered underwater during a joint search operation with Japan for the missing crew of a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed …
Kagoshima – The Japan Coast Guard said Wednesday that it had received an emergency call saying an Osprey tilt-rotor plane had crashed off the coast of Yakushima island in Kagoshima …