Kagoshima Prefecture

Rooftop veggie plots take root in Japan

Hayato Kashiwagi, left, checks on his vegetables with a colleague at a rooftop garden in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. ARATA ABE; The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO – During his lunch breaks, Hayato Kashiwagi slips out of his office in Tokyo and...

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Forecast Japan, weather Japan, meteo Japan

Weather Japan, Tokyo meteo, weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...

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Sakurajima eruptions pass 400

KAGOSHIMA — The volcano island Sakurajima has had about 400 explosive eruptions so far this year, the most in 24 years, a local observatory said Friday, warning that activity might pick up. The minor explosive eruptions reached...

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Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Genkai, Saga Prefecture

GENKAI, Saga Prefecture--Despite lingering questions about safety, cost efficiency and waste disposal, the trial operation of the long-delayed "pluthermal" program--perhaps the future of Japan's energ...

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Cheap, odorless 'matsutake' in high demand

KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo) A lookalike of the coveted "matsutake" mushroom is in high season on Amami Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, with inquiries coming in from Tokyo and other cities about acquiring the cheap substitute for the...

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Eel exec in label scam guilty, fined

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced the former chairman of a food processing and sales company to a suspended two-year prison term for falsely labeling and selling Chinese eel as those raised in Japan. The court...

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Boy likely died of hypothermia

An 11-year-old boy was found dead near a stream on Mount Karakuni on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, two days after he became separated from his family while hiking, police said. An autopsy on Masaki Miyata,...

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Season's 1st snow observed in Tohoku region

Some cities in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan such as Morioka, Yamagata and Niigata observed the region's first snowfall of this season Tuesday as a cold air mass moved above the Japanese archipelago, the Japan...

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National › 11-year-old boy confirmed dead after going missing on mountain

Tuesday 03rd November, 05:59 AM JST MIYAZAKI — An 11-year-old boy who went missing Saturday on Mt Karakunidake bordering Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures was found collapsed near the summit of the mountain and later confirmed...

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Space truck burns up on re-entry

Japan's first unmanned space cargo vehicle, which separated from the International Space Station early Saturday Japan time, re-entered the atmosphere Monday morning after completing its mission, the Japan Aerospace Exploration...

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