On 20 July, the duo released the single, "Tsukinourade Aimashou" ("Let's Go to the Darkside of the Moon") on various global ...

A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese government's minimum wage council ...

KOBE -- "I believe we need to understand our neighbors who live in the same society as us," said Kim Songil, chairperson of ...

Washington and Hyogo have sent each other aid and comfort in difficult times, such as during the Japanese earthquakes two years ago, and after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Ido said.

It's been 20 years since Starbucks first arrived in Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, three years after the green mermaid first appeared in the country in Tokyo’s Ginza back in 1996. Now, to celebrate the ...

When people use the term “Japanese mythology,” they are often referring to Shinto — one of Japan’s most widely practiced religions that originated here in the archipelago. Shinto teaches that the ...

Japan’s annals of serial killers is a thin collection, but it may have a new entry after the gruesome discovery of three bodies hidden beneath a house in western Japan this week. And the police ...

Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a 46-year-old man on charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with two separate knife attacks in Hyogo Prefecture that took place in 2006 and 2007 ...