An investigation has been launched after members of the public filed an accusation that publicity agency merchu inc. received ...

Prosecutors and police searched a premises linked to merchu Inc. — a publicity agency in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture — on ...

Authorities began searching the offices of a public relations company here on Feb. 7 as part of an ongoing investigation over ...

A proctor overseeing a standardized university entrance exam in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, entered a restroom while a male ...

Construction work on JR Nishinomiya Station Southwest District Urban Redevelopment located in Nishinomiya-hama, Hyogo, Japan commenced in Q4 2024, after the project was announced in Q4 2017. According ...

Police in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, have issued a rare warning to social media users against posting slanderous comments based on ungrounded information. The Hyogo prefectural police ...

As February arrives, Japan bids farewell to the chilliest part of winter and welcomes the gradual warmth of the approaching spring. This transitional period is celebrated with a variety of events ...

Voters listen to a speech during campaigning for the Hyogo gubernatorial election in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Oct. 31, 2024, in this partially modified image. (Mainichi/Takehiko Onishi) By David ...

A leading researcher in disaster preparedness who experienced the powerful earthquake that hit western Japan 30 years ago has called for discussions on post-earthquake management problems that ...

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 ...

Before Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne in 2019, then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attended the ceremony hosted mainly by Hyogo Prefecture every 10 years since the quake. Prime Minister ...

Residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 1995 ...