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Japan: Strong Earthquake Hits Kumamoto

A strong earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at around 6:01 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, registering a maximum intensity of 5+ on the Japanese seismic scale. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, at a depth of approximately 10 km. The quake is estimated to have had a magnitude of 5.7. A video shows a ceiling light shaking in neighboring Saga Prefecture.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Hits Kumamoto 2

A strong earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at around 6:01 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, registering a maximum intensity of 5+ on the Japanese seismic scale. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, at a depth of approximately 10 km. The quake is estimated to have had a magnitude of 5.7. A video shows overhead wires shaking at Kumamoto Station right after the earthquake.

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Japan: Massive Fire Rages in Oita, Leaving 1 Dead and Over 170 Buildings Damaged 2

A massive fire broke out in a residential area of Oita, in the Kyushu region, on Tuesday night, November 18, with local authorities reporting one man in his 70s missing, over 170 buildings damaged, and 350 homes without power. Firefighters have been battling the blaze as the prefecture prepares to request disaster relief from the Self-Defense Forces. Authorities have confirmed the death of one person, whose gender has not been identified, found among the burnt remains.

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Japan: Massive Fire Rages in Oita, Leaving 1 Missing and Over 170 Buildings Damaged

A massive fire broke out in a residential area of Oita, in the Kyushu region, on Tuesday night, November 18, with local authorities reporting one man in his 70s missing, over 170 buildings damaged, and 350 homes without power. Firefighters have been battling the blaze as the prefecture prepares to request disaster relief from the Self-Defense Forces.

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[Breaking News]Expo event to pitch Kyushu food, culture

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - A performer dances during an event to promote food and culture in the seven prefectures that make up Japan's Kyushu southwestern region at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 3, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Storm System Brings Intense Lightning to Southwestern Region

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued weather alerts for Nagasaki and Kumamoto Prefectures in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, September 10, as a Linear Precipitation Band brought severe downpour to the area. Officials also warned residents across a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast for flooding in low-lying areas, and swelling and overflowing rivers due to heavy rain with lightning.

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Japan: Storm System Brings Intense Lightning to Southwestern Region 2

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued weather alerts for Nagasaki and Kumamoto Prefectures in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, September 10, as a Linear Precipitation Band brought severe downpour to the area. Officials also warned residents across a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast for flooding in low-lying areas, and swelling and overflowing rivers due to heavy rain with lightning.

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Expo event to pitch Kyushu food, culture

A performer dances during an event to promote food and culture in the seven prefectures that make up Japan's Kyushu southwestern region at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 3, 2025.

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Expo event to pitch Kyushu food, culture

A performer dances during an event to promote food and culture in the seven prefectures that make up Japan's Kyushu southwestern region at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 3, 2025.

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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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Japan: Shinmoedake Eruption Sends Ash 5,000 Meters High 2

The Shinmoedake volcano, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, continued to erupt on Thursday, July 3, spewing smoke up to 5,000 meters high around 2:00 p.m.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Captured From Airplane

Shinmoedake, located in the Kirishima mountain range between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted with increased intensity on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume up to 2,800 meters above the crater. The following day, the ash plume rose as high as 5,000 meters. This video shows the volcano as seen from an airplane approaching Kagoshima on July 2.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Eruption Sends Ash 5,000 Meters High

The Shinmoedake volcano, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, continued to erupt on Thursday, July 3, spewing smoke up to 5,000 meters high around 2:00 p.m.

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Japan: Vehicles Covered in Ash as Shinmoedake Eruption Persists

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Flooding And Road Closures In Miyazaki 4

Torrential rain hit Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, October 22, causing flooding, road closures, and leaving vehicles stranded on flooded roads.

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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Flooding And Road Closures In Miyazaki

Torrential rain hit Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, October 22, causing flooding, road closures, and leaving vehicles stranded on flooded roads.

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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Flooding And Road Closures In Miyazaki 3

Torrential rain hit Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, October 22, causing flooding, road closures, and leaving vehicles stranded on flooded roads.

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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Flooding And Road Closures In Miyazaki 2

Torrential rain hit Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, October 22, causing flooding, road closures, and leaving vehicles stranded on flooded roads.

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Japan: Tropical Storm Shanshan Brings Torrential Rains To Kanto Region 3

Torrential rains have been falling across Kanto region since Thursday, August 29 causing flash flooding as Tropical Storm Shanshan keeps moving northward over Kyushu.

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Japan: Tropical Storm Shanshan Brings Torrential Rains To Kanto Region 2

Torrential rains have been falling across Kanto region since Thursday, August 29 causing flash flooding as Tropical Storm Shanshan keeps moving northward over Kyushu.

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Japan: Tropical Storm Shanshan Brings Torrential Rains To Kanto Region

Torrential rains have been falling across Kanto region since Thursday, August 29 causing flash flooding as Tropical Storm Shanshan keeps moving northward over Kyushu.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Torrential Rains Cause Flooding Across Kyushu

Typhoon Shanshan made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday morning, August 29 causing flash flooding across the region with torrential rainfall.

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Japan: Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Southwestern Region With Strong Winds, Heavy Rain 5

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) rapidly intensified into a "very strong" typhoon on Tuesday, August 27, approaching the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan with up to 70 mph strong winds. Heavy rain has been expected over the Pacific coastal area, and the Japan Meteorological Agency called on high alert for strong winds, high waves, and landslides.

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Japan: Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Southwestern Region With Strong Winds, Heavy Rain 2

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) rapidly intensified into a "very strong" typhoon on Tuesday, August 27, approaching the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan with up to 70 mph strong winds. Heavy rain has been expected over the Pacific coastal area, and the Japan Meteorological Agency called on high alert for strong winds, high waves, and landslides.

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Japan: Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Southwestern Region With Strong Winds, Heavy Rain 3

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) rapidly intensified into a "very strong" typhoon on Tuesday, August 27, approaching the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan with up to 70 mph strong winds. Heavy rain has been expected over the Pacific coastal area, and the Japan Meteorological Agency called on high alert for strong winds, high waves, and landslides.

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Japan: Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Southwestern Region With Strong Winds, Heavy Rain 4

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) rapidly intensified into a "very strong" typhoon on Tuesday, August 27, approaching the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan with up to 70 mph strong winds. Heavy rain has been expected over the Pacific coastal area, and the Japan Meteorological Agency called on high alert for strong winds, high waves, and landslides.

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Japan: Typhoon Shanshan Approaches Southwestern Region With Strong Winds And High Waves

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) rapidly intensified into a "very strong" typhoon on Tuesday, August 27, approaching the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan with up to 70 mph strong winds. Heavy rain has been expected over the Pacific coastal area, and the Japan Meteorological Agency called on high alert for strong winds, high waves, and landslides.

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Japan: Fireball Lights Up Skies Over Kyushu Region 2

A fireball was spotted across Kyushu, southern Japan Sunday evening, August 11.

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JR Kyushu and SkyDrive tie up in flying taxi business

SkyDrive Inc. CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa (R) and Kyushu Railway Co. President Yoji Furumiya shake hands in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, after the two companies concluded a business partnership accord to study the feasibility of commercializing a flying taxi service at railway stations operated by the JR company on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu and commercial facilities in the Kyushu region in 2026 at the earliest.

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Japan: M6.6 Earthquake Strikes Off Western Shikoku Coast 2

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Japan on Wednesday night, April 17 with the epicenter in the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and Kyushu islands. Shaking was felt in wide areas across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency later upgraded the quake to 6.6 magnitude. The video, filmed in Uwajima, Ehime, shows people coming out of buildings during an aftershock five minutes after the main jolt. Screams can also be heard.

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Japan: M6.6 Earthquake Strikes Off Western Shikoku Coast

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Japan on Wednesday night, April 17 with the epicenter in the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and Kyushu islands. Shaking was felt in wide areas across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency later upgraded the quake to 6.6 magnitude. This video shows lanterns at a ramen shop swaying in Oita, Kyushu.

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Newly opened Marriott hotel in Nagasaki

Photo taken in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2024, shows the Nagasaki Marriott Hotel, a ship-like building commanding a view of Nagasaki port that opened the same day adjacent to JR Nagasaki Station. The first Marriott hotel in southwestern Japan's Kyushu region, the 207-room facility is operated by Kyushu Railway Co.

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Hidahikosan Line BRT and Hikoboshi Line with repeated bus test runs

Hidahikosan Line BRT and Hikoboshi Line with repeated bus test runs=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Hita Hikosan Line BRT/Hikoboshi Line Imayama stop

Imayama stop of Hita Hikosan Line BRT, Hikoboshi Line, and Kyushu Bus =Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE

Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE

Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Manhole cover (Kyushu Railway)

Rare manhole covers installed near the Hidahikosan Line BRT and Hikoboshi Line stations.=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Information display for Hita Hikosan Line BRT and Hikoboshi Line

Information display for Hita Hikosan Line BRT and Hikoboshi Line=Date:August 22, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Diesel railcar running on the Hidahikosan Line

Diesel railcar running on the Hidahikosan Line=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE

Logo and signage for Hidahikosan Line BRT HIKOBOSHI LINE=Date:August 23, 2023,Place:Kyushu region

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Heavy rain in Japan

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is crowded with passengers on July 1, 2023, as shinkansen bullet train services are disrupted following heavy rain that pounded parts of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region.

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Heavy rain in Japan

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is crowded with passengers on July 1, 2023, as shinkansen bullet train services are disrupted following heavy rain that pounded parts of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region.

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Heavy rain in Japan

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is crowded with passengers on July 1, 2023, as shinkansen bullet train services are disrupted following heavy rain that pounded parts of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft joins drill with Japan's SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft hovers above a team of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft in drill with SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force board an Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.