With abundant hot springs and several active volcanoes, the area has some of the most breathtaking scenery in the country, particularly around the Mount Aso region in Kumamoto Prefecture. Mount Aso is ...

Large tumuli, known as kofun in Japanese, were once such a ubiquitous part of the landscape that an entire historical era was named after them: the Kofun Period (250-552).

On October 5, a ceremony in the castle’s expansive grounds commemorated its partial reopening to the public, though the full restoration work is expected to take many years.

The pamphlet tells me this is a 'castle' — but the structure in front of me defies that description. Granted, my frame of reference is greatly informed by the impressive edifices of Kumamoto ...

The southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, on the island of Kyushu, is a place with a rich literary heritage, but was not necessarily loved by the literati who lived there. In the 1890s both writers ...

The much-anticipated opening of TSMC’s Kumamoto Plant (JASM) in Japan on Feb, 24th marks TSMC’s debut factory in Japan (Fab-23), signaling a bold step into the future. TrendForce forecasts the plant’s ...