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

Set against the backdrop of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge—one of Kobe’s most iconic attractions—and the lush green Awaji Island, this new resort area seamlessly blends ... With 13 locations across Japan, ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...

Others warn that he will go it alone and partners will be discarded. Japan is far better positioned in the areas most important to Trump than many other countries. If Shinzo Abe were still alive ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

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 ...

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.