TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and ...

Enjoy a two-day road trip through the colorful autumn scenery of Hyogo Prefecture, exploring its tourist attractions to the ...

AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--A restaurant toilet stall ... The project set him back 30 million yen ($284,000), but the work was done while Japan was in the middle of the high-flying period of asset ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 65 °F (18.3 °C) and a 42% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 11 to 13 mph (17.7 to 20.9 kph). Night - Clear with a 22% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNW ...

AKASHI, Hyogo -- Former Japan economy and industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura is assured of winning a seat in the House of Representatives election on Oct. 27, despite not being given an ...

At the heart of this transformation is its iconic Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in Japan, connecting ... to return to nearby Osaka or Hyogo by the end of the day.

Police in Japan have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing an elementary school girl in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, 18 years ago. Katsuta Kunihiko is already serving a life ...

Hyogo police have revealed that a 45-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in a 2006 stabbing incident that left a 9-year-old-girl seriously injured had no prior ...

TAKARAZUKA, (Japan): A giant white whale is swimming leisurely, its tail raised high, through a residential area in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, with the blue sky as the ocean and flowing clouds ...