Water samples taken from the area around the waterfall on Aug. 19 and 23 ... Osamu Doi, a doctor who heads the Kumamoto branch of the Japanese Alpine Club, said the number of deer, boars and ...

TAKAMORI, Kumamoto Prefecture--A local railway line wrecked by earthquakes in southwestern Japan seven years ago ... to the greenery of surrounding forest scenery as the first train crossed ...

It could generate 480 million kWh of power yearly. Kumamoto Forest Generation, LLC has begun operating the Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant which could generate 75 megawatts of electricity.