KOBE—The city’s estimated population dropped to 1,499,887 this month, the first time it has fallen below 1.5 million since 2001, the municipal government said on Oct. 12. Kobe Mayor Kizo ...

The "tower mansions," or high-rise apartments in Kobe's Sannomiya district, are nearly finished. They will also be the last of their kind, as the city has effectively banned the construction of ...

A 64-year-old man was found dead in his home in the city of Kobe on Thursday in an apparent hanging, while his sister-in-law, ...

In 1995, a massive earthquake levelled the port city of Kobe. Barely three years later, municipal officials hatched a plan to reinvent the local economy. Their idea: transform an artificial island ...

Two women were fatally struck by a train on Thursday at a Sanyo Electric Railway crossing in Tarumi Ward of Kobe, a port city ...

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