Fukuoka Prefecture admitted it overpaid by nearly five times the original estimate to acquire land for a road tunnel project ...

A 40-year-old Vietnamese man was arrested in Fukuoka for overstaying his visa after voluntarily surrendering to police. He ...

Orion Beer, based in Tomigusuku, Okinawa, has applied to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as September, potentially ...

Fukuoka Prefecture reported severe damage from recent record rainfall, as of 2:00 p.m. on August 13. Two people are missing ...

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Just two hours by car from Fukuoka, we found ourselves on Oshima, a quiet island off the coast of Saikai City in Nagasaki ...

Since Aug. 8, successive linear rainbands have brought record rainfall to Kyushu, causing landslides and flooding. Two people ...

During record rainfall in Kyushu, a social media post on Aug. 10 warned of flooding along the Kashii River in Fukuoka’s ...

The Kanmon Strait, located between Honshu and Kyushu, hosts a joint fireworks festival by Kitakyushu City’s Moji and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Spectators can enjoy the fireworks from the ...

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Kagoshima University and Miyazaki University announced plans to establish the South Kyushu Higher Education Collaboration ...

A research group led by Kyushu University has identified a previously unknown mechanism by which influenza spreads between ...