Kumamoto city’s board of education is considering the unprecedented measure of installing cameras in classrooms to prevent bullying and corporal punishment at elementary and junior high schools.

Soy sauce, or shoyu, is one of the essential seasonings that underpin Japanese cuisine. In Kyushu (southwestern Japan), ...

A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

A taxi company in Kumamoto City plans to file a criminal complaint with police after a Kumamoto prefectural member allegedly threatened to kill a driver on Dec 24. During a press conference on Sunday, ...

Kumamoto prefecture and Kumamoto city on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu have rolled out the initiatives for some 4,000 staff members, while the Kyushu Financial Group (FG) and its ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Kumamoto City Hospital's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to ...

Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injuries and widespread damage to the area's residences ...

Kumamoto Prefecture is recovering from the 2016 earthquake. A piano is placed in a shopping arcade for a limited period, and people stop to play from their heart.

Kumamoto City is located in the center of Kyushu, the southern major island of Japan. The city is blessed with rich greenery and abundant groundwater in the volcanic pyroclastic aquifer created by ...

Urgent Information & Relief A list of local resources for information on what’s happening in the region. Kumamoto City homepage Kumamoto City International Center Kumamoto International group Facebook ...

In early July extensive flooding struck southern Kumamoto and other parts of Kyūshū. The evacuation and disaster recovery measures since then have been the nation’s first in the midst of the ...

Kumamoto City International Center in the city of Kumamoto is offering shelter for non-Japanese residents affected by the current series of earthquakes, with multilingual translators available ...