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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 5

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River. This video shows a flooded parking lot at Suizenji Ezuko park in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 3

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 2

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 4

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Jawbone of tyrannosaurid dinosaur found for 1st time in Japan

Photo taken in Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, shows a lower jawbone fossil from a tyrannosaurid dinosaur discovered in a roughly 74-million-year-old layer of earth in Reihoku in the same prefecture in 2014. It is the first time a jawbone fragment of the family has been found in Japan.

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Japan to recommend Christian sites as World Heritage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows Sakitsu community in the southwestern Japan city of Amakusa, which the government will recommend as a World Heritage site together with other nearby historic Christian sites.

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World Santa Clauses meet for congress in southwest Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Many Santa Clauses from around the world, authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, parade in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2014, together with the southwestern Japanese prefecture's popular mascot character "Kumamon" to promote the Sept. 14 World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa.

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18 Santa Clauses from world gather in southwestern Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Eighteen Santa Clauses from around the world, authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, gather in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to promote the Sept. 14 World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa, known for its observation of Christmas even when Christians were persecuted in feudal-era Japan.

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Santa Clauses

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Seventeen Santa Clauses from around the world arrive at an airport in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2013, to attend a conference in the southwestern Japan city.

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Santa Clauses

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Seventeen Santa Clauses from around the world arrive at an airport in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2013, to attend a conference in the southwestern Japan city.

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Santa Clauses

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Seventeen Santa Clauses from around the world arrive at an airport in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2013, to attend a conference in the southwestern Japan city. At center is the local area mascot Kumamon.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A doctor examines a man in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Approval rating for Aso's Cabinet plunges to 25.5%

AMAKUSA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Dec. 7 over a Kyodo News survey which showed the approval rating for his Cabinet fell to 25.5 percent as of this weekend, down 15.4 points from the previous poll in November.

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Contact failure leads to Bombardier landing-gear malfunction

KUMAMOTO, Japan - An Amakusa Airlines Bombardier DHC8-10 aircraft takes off from Kumamoto airport in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on way to Amakusa on March 21. The airline says it has identified the cause of March 20's landing-gear malfunction involving its Bombardier aircraft as a contact failure at the electronic circuit to control the plane's hydraulic system to release the gears.

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2nd Bombardier plane hits landing gear snag in 1 week

TOKYO, Japan - A Bombardier DHC8 two-engine turboprop plane of Amakusa Airlines photographed at Fukuoka airport in November 2006. Just one week after a Bombardier DHC8 made an emergency landing at Kochi airport, another plane of the same series hit a snag with its landing gear on March 20. The pilot released the landing gear manually and landed the plane safely at Kumamoto airport, the transport ministry said.

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Approval rating for Aso's Cabinet plunges to 25.5%

AMAKUSA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Dec. 7 over a Kyodo News survey which showed the approval rating for his Cabinet fell to 25.5 percent as of this weekend, down 15.4 points from the previous poll in November. (Kyodo)

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THE FIVE BRIDGES OF AMAKUSA

THE FIVE BRIDGES OF AMAKUSA==Date:Oct, 1966, Place:Kumamoto,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan abandons bid for World Heritage listing of Christian sites

File photo taken in September 2013 shows the Sakitsu community in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, where Christians practiced their faith despite a centuries-long ban from the 17th century. The community is one of the 14 churches and other Christian sites in southwestern Japan that the government had sought to list as World Heritage sites. Japan decided on Feb. 9. 2016, to withdraw the request at the urging of a UNESCO panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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22 Santa Clauses parade through Kumamoto

Twenty-two Santa Clauses from around the world parade through the downtown area of the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2015, prior to their world conference in Amakusa, also Kumamoto. In Amakusa, people celebrated Christmas Day even when Christianity was prohibited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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22 Santa Clauses parade through Kumamoto

Twenty-two Santa Clauses from around the world parade through the downtown area of the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2015, prior to their world conference in Amakusa, also Kumamoto. In Amakusa, people celebrated Christmas Day even when Christianity was prohibited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amakusa Airlines' new airplane unveiled

Japanese regional carrier Amakusa Airlines unveils its ATR 42-600, the aircraft which the airline plans to operate from January 2016, in Kikuyo town in southwestern Japan on Sept. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamon, Santa board Amakusa Airlines' new aircraft

Kumamon, popular mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, and Paradise Yamamoto, a Japanese Santa authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, board Amakusa Airlines' new airplane unveiled on Sept. 29, 2015, in Kikuyo town. The ATR 42-600 will be operated from January 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red leather seats of Amakusa Airlines' new aircraft

Photo taken in Kikuyo town, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 29, 2015, shows red leather seats of Amakusa Airlines' new aircraft. The Japanese regional carrier plans to operate the ATR 42-600 from January 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Contact failure leads to Bombardier landing-gear malfunction

KUMAMOTO, Japan - An Amakusa Airlines Bombardier DHC8-10 aircraft takes off from Kumamoto airport in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on way to Amakusa on March 21. The airline says it has identified the cause of March 20's landing-gear malfunction involving its Bombardier aircraft as a contact failure at the electronic circuit to control the plane's hydraulic system to release the gears. (Kyodo)

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2nd Bombardier plane hits landing gear snag in 1 week

TOKYO, Japan - A Bombardier DHC8 two-engine turboprop plane of Amakusa Airlines photographed at Fukuoka airport in November 2006. Just one week after a Bombardier DHC8 made an emergency landing at Kochi airport, another plane of the same series hit a snag with its landing gear on March 20. The pilot released the landing gear manually and landed the plane safely at Kumamoto airport, the transport ministry said. (Kyodo)

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The Mogi Coast

Mogi port was a stop for people on their way from Nagasaki to Obama and Amakusa. The person standing in the shallow water on the beach often appears in the Mogi photos by Ogawa Kazuma. He perhaps used the same model.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐34‐0]

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MOGI

The houses and cape of Mogi. The pier for the boat to Obama Hot Spring and Amakusa is not yet seen at the edge of the cape. The town was designated as Mogi-cho, Nishisonogi-gun in 1919 and was incorporated into Nagasaki City in 1962. Many fishing boats and net-drying platforms can be seen along the seashore.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐17‐0]

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Japan to recommend Christian sites as World Heritage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows Sakitsu community in the southwestern Japan city of Amakusa, which the government will recommend as a World Heritage site together with other nearby historic Christian sites. (Kyodo)

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World Santa Clauses meet for congress in southwest Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Many Santa Clauses from around the world, authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, parade in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2014, together with the southwestern Japanese prefecture's popular mascot character "Kumamon" to promote the Sept. 14 World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (L), a blind Japanese sailor who sailed across the Pacific Ocean in 2019, poses for a photo in Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 5, 2021, with Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Japan's "hidden Christian" sites

Tourists visit Sakitsu Church in the Sakitsu district of Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2018, a day after UNESCO decided to add the area and 11 other sites linked to the history of Japan's persecuted Christians to the World Heritage list as the "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNESCO adds Japan's "hidden Christian" sites to World Heritage list

People celebrate in Amakusa, southwestern Japan, on June 30, 2018, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day to add 12 sites linked to the history of the country's persecuted Christians to the World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Record 1,658 people pinky swear in southwestern Japan

A record 1,658 people entwine their little fingers during a pinky-swear event on three bridges of the Five Bridges of Amakusa in the Amakusa area of Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2016. The event was organized by the local tourism industry to mark the 50th anniversary the opening of the Five Bridges connecting islands in the Amakusa area with mainland Kyushu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Record 1,658 people pinky swear in southwestern Japan

A record 1,658 people entwine their little fingers during a pinky-swear event on three bridges of the Five Bridges of Amakusa in the Amakusa area of Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2016. The event was organized by the local tourism industry to mark the 50th anniversary the opening of the Five Bridges connecting islands in the Amakusa area with mainland Kyushu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo