The Japan Meteorological Agency urged caution against landslides in the northern part of Kyushu, the country's southwestern main island, after so-called rainbands formed in five of its prefectures -- Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Oita and Saga.
Marines and Japanese infantry rained live fire on this training ground on Kyushu recently while rehearsing the means to seize and defend contested islands during the centerpiece drill of this year’s Resolute Dragon... .
TOKYO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan's weather agency warned on Wednesday that the risk of life-threatening landslides and flooding was rapidly rising in the Kyushu region as extremely heavy rainfall battered southwestern Japan.
TOKYO - Heavy rain lashed Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Wednesday, with the country's weather agency warning of a high risk of disaster in parts of Kagoshima Prefecture due to a so-called linear rainband.
TOKYO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A severe tropical storm passed near the southern part of Kyushu, the main island in southwestern Japan, on Tuesday and is approaching the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan, according to the weather agency.