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Jul 9, 2021 Local News
Parco and Hoshino in New Kumamoto Commercial Facility
Hoshino Resort and Parco announced the opening of their new facilities in Kumamoto City in the spring of 2023. A new eleven-story commercial complex is currently under construction...

Jul 7, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto University and Fukuoka Company Developed Anti-Anisakis System
A new technique to kill anisakis with electric current has been developed by a research team at Kumamoto University. In collaboration with the Fukuoka-based Japan Seafoods Co., Ltd...

Jul 7, 2021 Local News
Drone Shooting Spots Promoted in Kumamoto
A giant onsen symbol was created on a green field of Minamioguni Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, to attract more tourists to its hot-spring district. Five locals drew the 40-meter wide ...

Jun 29, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Castle Main Keep Reopened
Reconstruction of the main tower of Kumamoto Castle was completed, and public visitors were able to lookout from the keep for the first time in five years. The castle was...

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...