Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the ...

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

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

Kyoto is a melting pot of ancient history and modern creative culture. Make the most of your visit with this insider-approved ...

A racehorse, which was heading for a stable after training, suddenly bolted and crashed into two other horses that were running on a track at Sonoda Racecourse in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture ...

Westend61 / Getty Images A Chinese Wall is an ethical concept of separation between groups, departments, or individuals within the same organization—a virtual barrier that prohibits ...

With 13 locations across Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture in the south, and four international locations (three in Taiwan and one in Kuala Lumpur), Mitsui Outlet ...

She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died Dec. 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, who loved bananas and a ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

Even as Nippon Steel faced skepticism of its doomed $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel from the Biden administration, it was also contending with headwinds from an unlikely source: the CEO of a ...

HYOGO, Japan & TOKYO & WALTHAM, Mass., January 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4552; "JCR") and Modalis Therapeutics Corporation ...

Ashiya, Japan—Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman recognised by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the world's oldest person, has died at the age of 116. Officials said Itooka died in a nursing home in the ...