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

The police chief of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan has made a rare comment about a rumor on social media that a former prefectural assembly member was facing arrest. He called the information ...

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 ...

Microsoft has been working on dynamic animated wallpapers for Windows 11 for a few years, and now a former designer has revealed exactly what they look like. Sergey Kisselev, a former motion ...

The local politician was serving his fifth term and belonged to the Hyogo Citizens Union, an assembly faction comprising Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan members and others. Following ...

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 ...

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

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% ...

AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--A local planetarium damaged ... The planetarium, the oldest in Japan, stands on the meridian of 135 degrees east longitude, which establishes Japan Standard Time.

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KOBE—A Hyogo prefectural assembly member said he has asked the operator of YouTube to delete 15 videos accusing him of orchestrating the political turmoil that cost Motohiko Saito his job as ...