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

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

Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the ...

By David McNeill Historical turning points sometimes announce themselves with a bang but often they sneak past us, almost ...

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

Hideaki Takeuchi, 50, had taken part in investigations over workplace bullying allegations made against Gov. Motohiko Saito ...

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, where powerful currents flow into a calm sea between both shores. The speed ...

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

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