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Kumamoto Prefecture Awards One Piece Manga Creator Eiichiro Oda
Kumamoto Prefecture will present an honorary award to Eiichiro Oda, a manga artist best known for creating One Piece. The much-loved title has sold more than 430 million copies wor...
Plans to Privatize Kumamoto Airport
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to privatize Kumamoto Airport by April 2020. The ministry will listen to offers from companies who want to operate...
Free Use of Kumamon for Local Companies Only
Kumamoto Prefecture moved to strengthen a policy that gives local companies the opportunity to use the image of the popular mascot Kumamon for free when selling products abroad. Th...
Kumamon to Appear on Chinese Rental Bicycles
Kumamoto Prefecture announced on Jan. 11 a collaboration with the Chinese bicycle-sharing service called Ofo. The well-established company provides over...
Companies Overseas Can Now Use Kumamon’s Image
Kumamoto Prefecture made the Kumamon character available for use by overseas companies from Jan. 8. Businesses based outside of...
Joint US-Japan Military Training Drills in Kumamoto
On Dec. 8, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and US Marine Corps began a series of joint training exercises at the Army National...
Osprey Aircraft Fly Over Kyushu at Night for the First Time
Osprey aircrafts took to the sky over Kumamoto on the night of Dec. 11 as part of the joint training exercises being conducted by the...
Minami-Aso Railway Track For Sale
Small pieces of the Minami-Aso Railway, which were badly damaged during the Kumamoto earthquakes in 2016, are being sold off to the public as part of
Decrease in Tourists to Kumamoto in 2016
The total number of tourists who visited Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016 was approximately 48 million, which was nearly 11 million less than the year before. Statistics gathered by the...
Tourist Train Accident in Kumamoto
A tourist train collided with a large car at a railway crossing between Sakamoto and Haki Stations in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto at approximately 10:15 on Nov. 3. A section of the...