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Jun 22, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Shochu Manufacturer Debuts in America
Sengetsu Shuzo will ship out 15,000 bottles of shochu to the U.S. after spending three years in joint development of products for export with an American company...
May 14, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Tests Sale of Trash For Shopping Bag Use
Kumamoto City began a social trial selling the city’s trash bags as substitutes for plastic shopping bags. In collaboration with 28 local Lawson shops that previously sold 3-yen pl...
Apr 28, 2021 Local News
Business Regulations Expanded to Kumamoto and Nagasaki
Regulations for businesses aimed at curtailing the further spread of the new coronavirus infections expand to more areas in Kyushu. Nagasaki City requests local businesses and its ...
Apr 23, 2021 Local News
Motion Picture Minamata (Kumamoto) with Johnny Depp Announced
“Minamata,” a Johnny Depp-starring period film about the environmental disaster in Minamata (Kumamoto Prefecture,) will be released in Japan in September 2021. Directed by Andrew L...
Apr 7, 2021 Local News
Minamiaso, Kumamoto Promotes Itself as Japan’s No.1 Bakery Village
Minamiaso Village in Kumamoto Prefecture is working to promote itself as Japan’s No.1 bakery village. The village enjoys the largest bakeries-to-population ratio in Japan and has b...
Apr 7, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Castle Towers Restoration Completed
Members of the media were shown inside the restored main towers of Kumamoto Castle on April 6. The tower areas will be opened to the public from April 26. In the quake of 2016 both...
Apr 7, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Spring Matsutake Mushrooms Fetches a Million Yen per Kilo
The first spring-matsutake auction in Japan was held in Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and three mushrooms were sold for ¥1 million per kilogram. On Apr. 5, the earliest harves...
Apr 6, 2021 Local News
Jetstar Japan Offers Sightseeing Flight Above Kyushu
Jetstar Japan and Aso Kumamoto Airport announced the operation of a Kyushu sightseeing flight. On Apr. 24, a Jetstar aircraft will take 150 passengers on a tour above the island of...
Mar 30, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Suspends LINE-based Operations Following Security Breach
Kumamoto City is suspending its LINE-based services due to the recent security matters reported in China. According to the city, three of its fourteen systems had been accessible b...
Mar 4, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Dialect Guide Introduced
Tamana City of Kumamoto Prefecture created a unique list of local dialects. Aiming to support those who move into the city from elsewhere, eighty-five expressions are introduced in...
