Jan. 13 (UPI) --A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a tsunami warning before it was called off, officials said.

A powerful earthquake with a maximum intensity of just under 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 struck in the Hyuganada Sea off Miyazaki Prefecture around 4:43 p.m. on Aug. 8 ...

The Chinese Embassy in Japan has warned its citizens residing in the country to think twice about buying real estate in Japan ...

Miyazaki Prefecture in eastern Kyūshū, once known as Hyūga (literally meaning “sunward”), has close associations with the age of the gods and the legendary beginnings of Japan as a nation.

Miyazaki Prefectural Police have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping a minor he met on a social networking site. According to police, Takuya Iwai, a resident of Takamatsu City in ...

MIYAZAKI, Japan -- The southern Japanese prefecture of Miyazaki is ramping up efforts to cultivate demand for its wagyu beef in Muslim-majority markets across the Middle East and Southeast Asia.