And although improvements in transparency have been made in such questioning, the case in Hyogo Prefecture shows that investigators still rely heavily on confessions to make their case ...

FUKUSAKI, Hyogo Prefecture—An eerie initiative to transform the hometown of famed folklorist Kunio Yanagita into a haven for “yokai” ghouls is working wonders for local tourism, drawing more ...

A Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters sign is seen in Kobe's Chuo Ward in this file photo. (Mainichi/Jun Yoneyama) KOBE -- A superintendent at Hyogo Prefectural Police concealed that he had lost ...

West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a fatal train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, attended a memorial service on Friday morning. On ...