A picture book has been created based on the true story of parents and their child born on January 17, 1995, when a major ...

Though both have illustrious Japanese pedigrees and beautiful marbling, a key price point separates Kobe beef from Wagyu.

Taisei Miyashiro of Vissel Kobe during the AFC Champions League Elite East Region match between Vissel Kobe and Shandong ...

A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...

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, ...

Kobe University fosters academic exchange with universities in many countries and has more than 1,000 international students.

Like in many other areas of Japan, the population is dwindling in Hyogo Prefecture and its capital, Kobe. City officials in May said Kobe’s population could fall below 1.5 million by the end of ...

KOBE — Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman recognised as the world's oldest person, has died of old age, an official of the western Japan city of Ashiya where she lived, said on Saturday.

(Mainichi/Kazuhiro Doi) KOBE -- Hyogo Prefecture's premium "Sanda beef" with Halal certification has been exported for the first time and will be served at the royal place and fancy restaurants in ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds W at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

According to the agency, the emperor and empress will arrive in Kobe on a special flight on Jan. 16. Later in the day, they will be briefed by Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito on the reconstruction ...