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Aso and Amakusa Offer Tourism Discounts
Municipalities in Kumamoto Prefecture's Aso and Amakusa areas have launched tourism recovery programs after earthquake-related cancellations reduced visitor demand...
Prefectural University of Kumamoto to Open Semiconductor School
The Prefectural University of Kumamoto will open a School of Semiconductor Studies on April 1, 2027, with an annual intake of 60 students. The program will emphasize...
Foreign Residents Get Earthquake Support in Hikawa
Hikawa Town in Kumamoto held a consultation session for foreign residents affected by the July earthquake. Vietnamese and Filipino residents, along with representatives of...
Kumamoto Tourism Falls 23% After Quake
Tourism to Kumamoto Prefecture fell 23% year over year in the week after the July 28 earthquake, according to an analysis by the Kyushu Economic Research Center. Using...
Kyushu Travel Discount Planned After Quake
The government is preparing a "Kyushu Support Discount" to help the tourism industry recover from the Kumamoto earthquake. Hotel cancellations have increased in affected areas...
Sony and TSMC establish ¥747 billion Kumamoto sensor venture
Sony Group and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a joint venture in Kumamoto with combined investment exceeding ¥700 billion. The venture...
Kumamoto Castle Set to Reopen August 13
Kumamoto City plans to reopen Kumamoto Castle on August 13, just over two weeks after a powerful earthquake forced the site to close. The castle has remained shut since...
Kumamoto earthquake damages more than 22,000 homes
Two weeks after the magnitude-seven-level shaking in Kumamoto, 22,697 homes had been damaged across the prefecture. The reported death toll was 39, including people...
Kumamoto earthquake damages more than 200 cultural properties
More than 200 cultural properties in Kumamoto Prefecture have sustained earthquake damage. At the 700-year-old Daiji Zenji temple in Kumamoto City, the left wrist and shoulder...
Kaohsiung, Kitakyushu Send Aid to Yatsushiro
Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Kitakyushu City jointly sent emergency supplies to Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on August 3 following earthquake damage in the area...