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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train runs after leaving Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture on July 31, 2026. The reopening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line earlier in the day restored full rail service between Kumamoto Station and Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture after a powerful earthquake suspended operations three days earlier.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train runs after leaving Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture on July 31, 2026. The reopening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line earlier in the day restored full rail service between Kumamoto Station and Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture after a powerful earthquake suspended operations three days earlier.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train runs after leaving Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture on July 31, 2026. The reopening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line earlier in the day restored full rail service between Kumamoto Station and Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture after a powerful earthquake suspended operations three days earlier.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A passenger heads to a ticket gate at JR Kumamoto Staton in Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 31, 2026, as the Kyushu Shinkansen Line resumes operations on a section to and from Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture following its suspension after a powerful earthquake three days earlier.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 8

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 7

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 6

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Costco Parking Lot Ground Collapses in Kumamoto After Earthquake

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga. This video shows caved-in ground in the parking lot of a Costco store in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Japan: Kumamoto Castle Walls Collapse After Earthquake Rattles Kyushu

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga. At Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto city, multiple sections of the stone walls collapsed.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 5

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 4

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 3

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Strong quake jolts southwestern Japan

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is crowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train services are suspended following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 that shook Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Strong quake jolts southwestern Japan

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is crowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train services are suspended following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 that shook Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Shaking Felt Across Kyushu 2

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, on Tuesday, July 28, prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas. Strong shaking was felt in neighboring prefectures including Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Saga.

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India-Kyushu business forum in Fukuoka

Indian Ambassador to Japan Nagma Mohamed Mallick (C) and other participants of the India-Kyushu Business Forum 2026 pose for a photo in Fukuoka on July 27, 2026.

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India-Kyushu business forum in Fukuoka

Indian Ambassador to Japan Nagma Mohamed Mallick delivers a speech at the India-Kyushu Business Forum 2026 in Fukuoka on July 27, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 15 Kyodo - A "yamakasa" decorated float is carried along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. (Kyodo)

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

People run while carrying a "yamakasa" decorated float along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

People run while carrying a "yamakasa" decorated float along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

People run while carrying a "yamakasa" decorated float along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

People run while carrying a "yamakasa" decorated float along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka

A "yamakasa" decorated float is carried along a 5-kilometer course during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in the early morning of July 15, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion festival in Fukuoka

People carry a "yamakasa" decorated float during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 13, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion festival in Fukuoka

People run while carrying a "yamakasa" decorated float during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 13, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion festival in Fukuoka

People carry a "yamakasa" decorated float during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 13, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion festival in Fukuoka

People carry a "yamakasa" decorated float during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 13, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Hakata Gion festival in Fukuoka

People carry a "yamakasa" decorated float during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 13, 2026, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

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Baseball: Fighters vs. Hawks

Ryoya Kurihara of the SoftBank Hawks hits a two-run single in the seventh inning of a Pacific League baseball game against the Nippon Ham Fighters at Mizuho PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2026.

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Rainy season ends in parts of Japan

A pedestrian is pictured with a parasol under the scorching sun in a commercial district of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2026. Japan's weather agency announced the same day that the rainy season appears to have ended in the northern part of the Kyushu region, including Fukuoka, as well as western Japan's Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Rainy season ends in parts of Japan

A pedestrian is pictured with a parasol under the scorching sun in a commercial district of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2026. Japan's weather agency announced the same day that the rainy season appears to have ended in the northern part of the Kyushu region, including Fukuoka, as well as western Japan's Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Rainy season ends in parts of Japan

A woman walks with a portable fan under the scorching sun in a commercial district of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2026. Japan's weather agency announced the same day that the rainy season appears to have ended in the northern part of the Kyushu region, including Fukuoka, as well as western Japan's Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Japan's first gas-powered mini taxi

Photo taken on June 26, 2026, in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Japan's first gas-powered mini taxi. A local taxi company started its commercial operation in the city after the government fully removed restrictions on such taxis.

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Decorated festival float in Fukuoka

A ritual is held at Kushida shrine in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 30, 2026, to bring a god into a decorated festival float called Kazariyamakasa.

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Decorated festival float in Fukuoka

A ritual is held at Kushida shrine in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 30, 2026, to bring a god into a decorated festival float called Kazariyamakasa.

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[Breaking News]JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Fukuoka, Japan, June 11 Kyodo - Video taken at Fukuoka airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, before it made its final flight to Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo)

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Fukuoka airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, before it made its final flight to Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, after making its final flight from Fukuoka airport.

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Fukuoka airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, before it made its final flight to Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, after making its final flight from Fukuoka airport.

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Fukuoka airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, before it made its final flight to Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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JAL Ohtani jet's final flight

Photo taken at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 10, 2026, shows the "Dream Sho Jet" passenger plane, adorned with an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, after making its final flight from Fukuoka airport.

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Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

DAZAIFU, Japan, May 19 Kyodo - Video taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years. (Kyodo)

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Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

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Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

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Renovated Dazaifu Temmangu shrine main hall

Photo taken on May 18, 2026, shows the main hall of Dazaifu Temmangu shrine in Dazaifu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, unveiled to the media following the first full-scale renovation in 124 years.

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Hello Kitty shinkansen makes final run

Fans gather at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka to witness the final run of a Hello Kitty shinkansen bullet train decorated with ribbons and character illustrations inside and out on May 17, 2026. The 500-series Shinkansen operated by West Japan Railway Co. carried about 1 million passengers since debuting in June 2018 on the route between Shin-Osaka and JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka.

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Hello Kitty shinkansen makes final run

A Hello Kitty shinkansen bullet train decorated with ribbons and character illustrations inside and out arrives at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka for its final run on May 17, 2026. The 500-series Shinkansen operated by West Japan Railway Co. carried about 1 million passengers since debuting in June 2018 on the route between Shin-Osaka and JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka.

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Hello Kitty shinkansen makes final run

Fans gather at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka to witness the final run of a Hello Kitty shinkansen bullet train decorated with ribbons and character illustrations inside and out on May 17, 2026. The 500-series Shinkansen operated by West Japan Railway Co. carried about 1 million passengers since debuting in June 2018 on the route between Shin-Osaka and JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka.