More than 100 runners, wishing to be this year's "lucky men," have competed in an early morning race at a shrine in western Japan.

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo -- For Naoki Shimizu, Peru's Nazca Lines are not just a mystery, but a challenge. The resident of this west Japan city aims to complete a 3,000-kilometer trek through South ...

Adachi was from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and joined the former Ministry of Construction in 1979. After serving as technical director at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and ...

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