AWAJI, Hyogo Prefecture--A major redevelopment is afoot on an island roughly the same size as Tokyo’s 23 wards. Rather than glittering urbanity, domestic tourists and prospective businesses ...

Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to form the kanji character for "snake," the Chinese zodiac sign ...

A new dinosaur species was discovered on Awajishima island in Hyogo Prefecture, the place where the nation of Japan was born according to myth. A team led by Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, a professor of ...

A 70-year-old lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died in a drowning accident while visiting the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives. According to multiple sources, Toshiyuki ...

Complaints against Hyogo Governor Saito Motohiko and the representative of a PR company have been filed with prosecutors and police in western Japan over a possible violation of the public offices ...

Takashi Tachibana delivers a stump speech as campaigning for the Hyogo gubernatorial race kicks off, in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Oct. 31, 2024. (Mainichi/Takehiko Onishi) Fair elections are the bedrock ...