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Rare WWII Shiden-Kai Fighter Raised Off Kagoshima After 81 Years

Local volunteers plan to conserve the well-preserved airframe for a museum display.

Citizen Group Raises Rare WWII Shidenkai Fighter Off Kagoshima Coast

JAXA Pauses H3 Launches After Second-Stage Failure Dooms Michibiki 5 Mission

Japan Scrubs H3 F8 Launch After Pad Water-Cooling Anomaly

Sakurajima Erupts, Sending 4.4 km Ash Plume and Disrupting Flights in Kyushu

M4.7 Quake Jolts Japan’s Tokara Islands With No Tsunami Warning

Record Rainfall Floods Northern Kyushu, Forces Hundreds of Thousands to Evacuate

Heatwave Claims Second Death in Mie as Japan Hits 41.8°C

One Evacuee Remains as Tokara Islands Reopen After Month-Long Seismic Swarm

Toshima Village Approves Return of Tokara Islanders After Five-Day Seismic Pause

Kagoshima Governor Promises Disaster Relief Funds While Tokara Islanders Remain Evacuated

Sixteen Residents Return to Akusekijima Despite Ongoing Tremors

Shindo 4 Tremors Extend Tokara Island Evacuations Ahead of Senate Vote

Seismic Swarm Persists in Japan’s Remote Southern Islands, Residents Remain Evacuated

Seismic Swarm and Shinmoe Eruption Fuel Anxiety Over Predicted July Disaster

Hyundai Delivers First Electric Buses to Japan's Yakushima Island