A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

But no repair work is in sight for the Kario highway, which is administered by the Aso city government in the eastern part of Kumamoto Prefecture ... who raises the Japanese Brown cattle breed ...

Wednesday marks nine years since the second of the two consecutive massive earthquakes hit Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto ... number of tourists to Aso City rose to about 6.88 ...

the city hosted Japan’s greatest ever swordsman as he wrote his famous treatise on martial arts strategy. The history of samurai in the area now known as Kumamoto, but for much of its existence ...

The temblors caused serious damage to the structures that make up one of Japan’s most traditional ... tourist destination in this central Kumamoto city. Especially noteworthy among all ...