Prefectural officials say that many of them go on to land jobs outside the prefecture, thereby causing a drain to the local population. Saga Prefecture, in the meantime, is one of Japan’s five ...

The Japan Coast Guard on Wednesday raided SGC Saga Aviation, the operator of an ambulance helicopter that crashed off Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on Sunday, killing three people. The raid on ...

Officials from the Karatsu Coast Guard Office and others search SGC Saga Aviation Co. on the morning of April 9, 2025, in Saga, Saga Prefecture. (Mainichi/Takaharu Nishi) The Japan Coast Guard on ...

Unveiled in October in the Kyushu countryside, the new space provides a permanent base for Prairie Stuart-Wolff’s series of intimate, culinary-focused trips in Japan’s Saga Prefecture.