Reelected Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito's campaign team said that it had commissioned a PR firm to manage social media ahead of ...

Two police sergeants have been sacked for driving cars under the influence of alcohol and using a police car's headlights to ...

The huge earthquake that hit Kobe and other western Japan areas in 1995 has led to expectations that convenience stores will ...

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Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, ...

KOBE—Motohiko Saito emerged from scandal and won re-election as Hyogo governor in a poll called ... from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Democratic Party for the People and ...

KOBE--Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito said on Sept ... He was backed in the election by the Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party).

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds N at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C) and a 67% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 6 ...

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

KOBE, Japan (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of ... time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 1995, leaving 6,434 people dead as many homes ...

But disasters keep occurring, such as a large quake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan at the start of last year. At Kobe East Park in Chuo Ward of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture's capital ...

People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives.