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 ...

Sunny with a high of 45 °F (7.2 °C). Winds NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Sunny today with a ...

Hyogo Prefecture, the scent of forests wafted into the vehicle through an open window. A golf course designed by Japanese golfing great Isao Aoki appeared on the car’s GPS map, which was using ...

The inside of the Awaji Journey Hub is seen in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2025. (Mainichi/Naoki Irie) SUMOTO, Hyogo -- A new tourism hub on Awaji Island in west Japan -- known since ...

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.

Kenichi Okutani, right, head of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's special ... others drew up a final report on March 4, condemning the prefecture's disclosure and punishment of a whistleblower ...

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 ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly on Wednesday adopted a report by its special investigative committee that found the prefecture's efforts to identify a whistleblower against Gov. Motohiko Saito to ...

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