In southern Japan, Kagoshima's residents live under the constant threat of Sakurajima, one of the most active volcanoes in ...

Large raindrops began falling like sleet on the evening of May 29 near the Kagoshima prefectural office, creating thick, dark streaks on a white rental car parked nearby.

An intense flash of light that briefly turned night into day over Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima on Aug. 19 may have been ...

NHK has learned that Japan's Defense Ministry will conduct a survey to explore the construction of new facilities on four ...

Kagoshima, once known as Satsuma, was home to major Meiji Restoration figures like Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi. The city is proud of its identity as a seat of this past. An exploration ...

Officials warned of large cinders falling across a near-2 mile radius from the volcano, which sits in the Kirishima mountain range on Kyushu, a large southern island of Japan. They urged people to be ...

Japan's government has shed more light on plans to procure a fleet of large US-made surveillance drones. Officials say the aircraft will be deployed at two Maritime Self-Defense Force bases in the ...

Kagoshima Prefecture is home to one of the world’s most restless mountains—Sakurajima. For thousands of years people have lived alongside this stunningly beautiful, but potentially dangerous ...

The Fukuoka High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling rejecting plaintiffs' request to void the Nuclear Regulation ...

A low-pressure system has been stuck over the region since last week, dumping torrential rain over the southern prefecture of Kagoshima and the island’s northern part. One woman who had been missing ...

On September 2, the Japan Meteorological Corporation released the first 2025 edition of its official autumn leaves forecast, ...