Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the deadly eruption of Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki -- June 3 marked 35 years since a major pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen's Fugen peak in Nagasaki ...

Residents of the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday mourned the 43 victims of a pyroclastic flow from the Fugen peak of Mount Unzen in the prefecture that ...

NAGASAKI, Japan — Lying east of Nagasaki City, the Shimabara Peninsula is home to parks, hot springs, mountains, tourism spots and Christian sites. The peninsula is also known for the Shimabara ...

A stronghold of Christendom once flourished in Japan, with a peninsula called Shimabara at its head. A statue of Amakusa Shiro, who led the Catholic Shimabara Rebellion, stands at the ruins of Hara ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture—International students were invited to join a lantern boat festival here, helping to preserve the local tradition and learning from the unique cultural experience. The ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture--A paper-craft model of Shimabara Castle here was released in April to mark its 400th anniversary. Construction of the historic structure, considered to be one of ...