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TSMC will start making advanced 3-nanometer chips in Japan, stepping up plans to manufacture semiconductors in the country in a triumph for Sanae Takaichi’s technology ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/companies/tsmc-plan-upgrade-chip-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A Japanese court has rejected a retrial request for a decades-old case that sought to prove the unconstitutionality of sentencing a man believed to have had Hansen’s disease to death behind closed doors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/crime-legal/kumamoto-retrial-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A sightseeing helicopter with three people on board, headed for a scenic flight over the crater of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, went missing Tuesday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/society/sightseeing-helicopter-missing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Several municipalities in Japan are giving Osaka a run for its money in the race toward winning the designation as the country’s secondary capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/politics/back-up-capital-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Craftspeople say tatami must be redefined, noting that traditional methods of tatami-making could vanish within five years if the decline continues at its current pace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/companies/tatami-foreign-clients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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While the local economy has been boosted by the full-scale launch of operations at TSMC's first Japan plant a year ago, residents remain concerned about its impact on groundwater. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/companies/tsmc-kumamoto-plant-groundwater-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A powerful 5.8 magnitude quake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday at around 6:01 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/strong-quake-jolts-kumamoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures next year, 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/imperial-couple-northeast-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of a new facility for producing power semiconductors at a plant in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, which will start operations in November. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/02/companies/mitsubishi-new-chip-plant-kumamoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Two people died after heavy rain hit the Kyushu region from Sunday through Tuesday while four people remain missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/kumamoto-rain-two-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the city of Tamana and the town of Nagasu in Kumamoto Prefecture at 12:20 a.m. on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/rain-emergency-kumamoto-kyushu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The International Furikake Association aims to launch an app in Indonesia by the end of the year to help manage the health of children there and improve their academic performance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/furikake-indonesia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The number of local governments able to operate without tax allocations from the state thanks to their abundant tax revenues has increased for the fourth consecutive year, the internal affairs ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/society/local-governments-tax-allocations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Residents of the village of Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday mourned the victims of deadly torrential rains that struck the prefecture five years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/kumamoto-floods-fve-years-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Bereaved family members and government officials attended a memorial in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday, just under five years since torrential rain left 67 people dead and two people unaccounted for. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/kumamoto-2020-rain-disaster-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Around 100 dead cats were discovered at the squalid home of a woman in Kumamoto who belonged to an animal welfare group, a local official said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/04/japan/around-100-dead-cats-found/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been from a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/19/japan/kumamoto-pterosaur-fossil-new-species/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A Japanese record company is facing a backlash after announcing it would release a CD by Aki Yashiro, who died in 2023, that will include nude photographs of her taken privately. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/aki-yashiro-nude-photographs-row/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then-22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the major earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/kumamoto-quake-victim-mourned/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A memorial ceremony was held Monday to mark nine years since the powerful 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture that killed 278 people, with one survivor continuing to share her experience and lessons from the ordeal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/kumamoto-quake-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Two separate wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures that started over the weekend continue to blaze, having destroyed at least 370 hectares of land between them as firefighters tried to put them out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/okayama-ehime-forest-fires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees monitored by the Japanese Meteorological Agency bloomed in the cities of Kochi and Kumamoto on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/japan/cherry-blossoms-bloom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon