KUMAMOTO, Japan — The discreet path to a safe space for women with unwanted pregnancies is marked with an unassuming sign: two smiling storks, carrying a clover leaf and a smiling baby in a basket.

A man in his 40s and a woman in her 70s were classified as disaster-related deaths in July 2024 and March 2025, respectively, by the Kumamoto city government. In response to a request from ...

Police in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, have arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury after he hit a 69-year-old woman in a wheelchair and her 75-year-old ...

The young woman — a child, really — hasn’t seen him since the previous year, when she left their village on the southern Japanese island of Iojima for a mansion in the city of Kumamoto.

A memorial ceremony was held Monday to mark nine years since the powerful 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 278 people. The first earthquake struck on the night of April 14 ...

A team at Kumamoto University has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of aging and inflammation. Japan's aging population is growing at an unprecedented rate, making it crucial to extend ...