Professor Sakurai Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

TOKYO - Five prefectures may consider hosting the final disposal sites for soil removed during decontamination work following ...

A new tourism hub on Awaji Island in west Japan -- known since ancient times for supplying food to the Imperial court -- is ...

Located in Central Japan in the Hokuriku region, Toyama is an unhurried destination filled to the brim with idyllic scenery, ...

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Several bones and a skull, believed to be the remains of a child, have been found along train tracks near Itami Station on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, police said Sunday.

enabling people in the prefecture to know the content, while noting that he had no intention to defend the Hyogo governor. The news conference was also attended by two other Hyogo assembly members ...

Two Hyogo Prefectural Assembly members from the Nippon Ishin no Kai resigned Thursday from a special committee investigating alleged harassment by Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito. Minoru Kishiguchi and ...

The request was made after a truck fell into a gaping sinkhole at a busy intersection in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, on January 28. The request had been in place since that day in relevant 12 ...