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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Engineers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have designed an "ice wall" to stop the spread of radiation into the groundwater. Produced by Maya Dangerfield.

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 ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

A Japanese professor and lawyer said Monday they have together submitted a letter of complaint against Hyogo Gov Motohiko Saito and the head ... Saito reclaimed his position as governor of the western ...