Reelected Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito's campaign team said that it had commissioned a PR firm to manage social media ahead of ...

Police in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, have issued a rare warning to social media users against posting slanderous ...

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 18 ...

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary ...

The police chief of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan has made a rare comment about a rumor on social media that a former ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives.

A former member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly who took part in investigating Gov. Motohiko Saito’s workplace bullying allegations last year has died in an apparent suicide — the third ...

Japan experiences more than 1,000 earthquakes every year ... the victims on the 30th anniversary of the "Great Hanshin ...

Kobe, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture ... himself after resigning from the assembly of the western Japan prefecture on Nov. 18, the day after Saito’s ...