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Japan: Landslide Captured On Camera After Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory. This video captured a landslide in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Kyushu after the quake.

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Kagoshima man wronged by police demands dismissal of 3 officers

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Sachio Kawabata (L), 61, a hotel operator in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, arrives at the Kagoshima prefectural police headquarters on Feb. 20 with a petition signed by 6,100 people calling for the dismissal of three police officers who trampled on a piece of paper containing the names of Kawabata's relatives during a police investigation on vote buying at the 2003 Kagoshima prefectural assembly election. The Kagoshima District Court, ruling on a lawsuit filed by Kawabata, called the trampling illegal and ordered the prefecture to pay Kawabata 600,000 yen in compensation. The ruling became final as the prefecture decided not to appeal.

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Kagoshima residents remove heavy oil from shore

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Residents in Osaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 30 remove heavy oil washed ashore from the 36,080-ton Panamanian-registered freighter Co-Op Venture (R, background) which ran aground July 25 in Shibushi Bay and broke into two in stormy weather.

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Petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima

File photo taken on Nov. 24, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Shibushi national petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima

File photo taken on Nov. 24, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Shibushi national petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima

File photo taken on Nov. 24, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Shibushi national petroleum stockpiling base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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National oil storage base in Japan

File photo taken in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in January 2019 shows the Shibushi national oil storage station.

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Kagoshima man wronged by police demands dismissal of 3 officers

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Sachio Kawabata (L), 61, a hotel operator in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, arrives at the Kagoshima prefectural police headquarters on Feb. 20 with a petition signed by 6,100 people calling for the dismissal of three police officers who trampled on a piece of paper containing the names of Kawabata's relatives during a police investigation on vote buying at the 2003 Kagoshima prefectural assembly election. The Kagoshima District Court, ruling on a lawsuit filed by Kawabata, called the trampling illegal and ordered the prefecture to pay Kawabata 600,000 yen in compensation. The ruling became final as the prefecture decided not to appeal. (Kyodo)

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'Super kids' at Kagoshima preschool in limelight

SHIBUSHI, Japan - Boys in a class for 5 year olds walk on their hands across a gym on Dec. 1, 2009, as part of their daily exercise at the Toriyama nursery run by Yoshifumi Yokomine in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture. The Yokomine Method of preschool education is now employed by more than 150 preschools across Japan. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 27, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves in Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 27, 2021.

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Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

The Hishida River is swollen in Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 3, 2019, after heavy rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

The Anraku River is swollen in Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 3, 2019, after heavy rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

A road is flooded in Shibushi in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 3, 2019, after heavy rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima residents remove heavy oil from shore

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Residents in Osaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 30 remove heavy oil washed ashore from the 36,080-ton Panamanian-registered freighter Co-Op Venture (R, background) which ran aground July 25 in Shibushi Bay and broke into two in stormy weather. (Kyodo)

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Panamanian freighter split in 2 in storm

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The 36,080-ton Panamanian-registered cargo freighter Co-Op Venture is seen broken into two July 26 after it ran aground in Shibushi Bay, eastern Kagoshima Prefecture, in stormy weather. Photo provided by Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)