TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo Prefecture--A special exhibition dedicated to Buichi Terasawa is running at the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum here. The event features 100 or so handwritten manuscripts, original ...

The local politician was serving his fifth term and belonged to the Hyogo Citizens Union, an assembly faction comprising Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan members and others. Following ...

Kobe, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture ... himself after resigning from the assembly of the western Japan prefecture on Nov. 18, the day after Saito’s ...

A former member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly who took part in investigating Gov. Motohiko Saito’s workplace bullying allegations last year has died in an apparent suicide — the third ...

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, where powerful currents flow into a calm sea between both shores. The speed ...

A former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who served on the assembly's special committee to investigate power harassment and ...

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

In a prefectural park on Awaji Island overlooking Osaka Bay, about 250,000 early blooming rapeseed flowers are in full splendor. These colorful delights will remain in full bloom until late March ...

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 ...