Located on the southern island of Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture sits between Oita’s renowned onsen towns to the north and Kagoshima, the region to the south noted for its famed black pork. While often overshadowed by its famous neighbors,

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These tectonic plates are in continuous motion, and when one plate is pushed under another,

Friday marks the 30th year since the Jan. 17, 1995, earthquake shook the Osaka-Kobe area, killing more than 4,000 people and destroying 400,000 buildings. The region is located adjacent the Nankai Trough, an undersea fault line running off the coast of Shizuoka prefecture near Tokyo to Miyazaki prefecture further southwest.

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These

Hayao Miyazaki is the face of Studio Ghibli, but this other founder is the director behind two of Studio Ghibli’s most celebrated films.

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s found a community and made a home.

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba touted regional revitalization and stronger cooperation with local governments around Japan and pledged he would forge working relationships with other parties t

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake that jolted the Tokyo area on the evening of Aug ... related to the Aug. 8 Hyuganada earthquake in Miyazaki Prefecture. The JMA said the focus of the quake was about ...

Heatstroke alerts were in place for Tokyo and 19 prefectures ... 39 degrees in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, 38 degrees in Nagoya and 37 degrees in Miyazaki. The Environment Ministry and the ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NW to NNW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to ...

Fukui Prefecture, under the visa issued by Nei in 1941. Korentajer arrived safely at San Francisco in the United States in August 1947, after spending about six years in Shanghai. Nei, a Miyazaki ...