Enjoy a two-day road trip through the colorful autumn scenery of Hyogo Prefecture, exploring its tourist attractions to the ...

KOBE--Former Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito trails the front-runner in a gubernatorial election called after he left the post ...

A man serving a life sentence for killing a girl in western Japan two decades ago was arrested on Thursday for an alleged ...

KOBE—Hyogo prefectural police arrested Kunihiko Katsuta on Nov. 7 on suspicion of stabbing a fourth-grade elementary school girl on a street in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2006.

Kobe, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--A 45-year-old inmate serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of a girl in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Thursday in a case in which ...

Kobe, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)--The official campaign period started on Thursday for the Nov. 17 gubernatorial election in western Japan prefecture of Hyogo following the effective ouster of former ...

A ceremony to light a wood-burning stove was held at the Kobe Municipal Rokkosan Elementary School in Hyogo Prefecture on ... the year into 24 periods. Modern Japan enjoys events based on many ...

Perfect Tennis started back in 2011 as a tennis news site. Since then it’s gone on to be one of the largest independently owned website for tennis news and a platform for fans to share their views on ...

This research was funded by the Kansai Economic Federation, the Hyogo Science ... roots dating back to the Kobe Commercial School founded in 1902. It is now one of Japan’s leading comprehensive ...

Kobe beef, a true delicacy for those who love premium cuts of beef, isn't something you can find just anywhere. Many haven't even heard of it, let alone tasted it.

Partly cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds NNW at 15 to 16 mph (24.1 to 25.7 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds from NNW to N at 8 to 14 mph (12.9 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 58 ...