Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

KASAI, Hyogo Prefecture--The usual quiet in an area ... likely in February 1945 as the tide of the war had turned against Japan. The Hakuro (white heron) special attack unit involving instructors ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Engineers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have designed an "ice wall" to stop the spread of radiation into the groundwater. Produced by Maya Dangerfield.

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 ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...