Weather officials in Japan are warning that the most powerful cold spell so far this winter will bring heavy snowfall to ...

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

Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the father of Japanese folklore studies, was born in this town of 20,000 ...

Police in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, have issued a rare warning to social media users against posting slanderous ...

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, who loved bananas and a yoghurt ...

Three long-established train lunch makers in Japan, including Maneki Foods based in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, are collaborating in the effort. They are hoping to “bring Japanese ekiben to a new ...

Yoshihito Nishioka and Kei Nishikori won their reverse singles matches as Japan came from behind to beat Britain 3-2 in the ...

A Vietnamese delegation has attended the International Participants Meeting (IPM) for EXPO 2025 in Hyogo prefecture of Japan, ...