Japan Meteorological Agency said that Typhoon Shanshan has made landfall on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, bringing with it heavy rain and powerful winds, Kyodo News reported.
Tokyo [Japan], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): A joint US-Japan military exercise with firing training kicked off on Sunday in the Kumamoto prefecture in the Kyushu island, Japanese media reported.
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 27 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck off Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture located on the southeast coast of Kyushu Island on Wednesday.
Tokyo [Japan], Feb 5 (ANI): One person was feared killed when a Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) helicopter crashed near an elementary school in Saga Prefecture in Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan on Monday.
Tokyo [Japan], July 16 (ANI): Two Chinese coastguard ships entered Japanese waters on Saturday and sailed for more than one hour near Okinoshima Island and Tsushima Island off the southwestern main island of Kyushu.