Friday will mark 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck western Japan. Local governments in the region, including Kobe City, are still under a heavy financial burden from the quake ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako flew from Haneda Airport on the morning of January 16 to attend the Memorial ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested Hidekazu Yanai, a company executive in Kobe's Chuo Ward, on suspicion of violating the ...

On Jan. 17, 1995, as the Great Hanshin Earthquake ravaged Kobe, a baby named Mitsuaki Gatayama entered the world. Mitsuaki ...

Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, is announced as one of the newest members ...

A passer-by called 119 to report that a man had been stabbed on the road at around 10:15 on Thursday, in Ashiya City, Hyogo ...