U.S. Marines and Japanese infantry rained live fire on a training ground on Kyushu during the centerpiece drill of this ...

Don’t freak out when you try to board a flight to this southwestern Japanese prefecture and the destination on the ticket says “Hello Kitty” — you’re definitely on the right plane. Oita, a scenic ...

OITA -- Oita Airport will be temporarily renamed "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" during the World Expo in Osaka Prefecture, which kicks off April 13. The initiative, announced by the Oita Prefectural ...

TOKYO - Three people were killed and one injured after an ammunition explosion occurred during a training exercise on Tuesday ...

OITA—After a 15-year hiatus, hovercraft are making a comeback as Oita Prefecture prepares to reopen what will be Japan’s only passenger route for the watercraft as early as December. The hovercraft ...

Off-the-beaten-track Oita offers lessons in living with nature Viewed from above, Oita Prefecture in western Japan is blanketed in a lush carpet of green. Crisscrossed by rivers and streams, forests ...

OITA – A district court in southwestern Japan dismissed on Thursday a claim for damages by people with disabilities who said that the unmanned operations of stations by Kyushu Railway (JR Kyushu) ...

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