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

A professor at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Center at Kobe University Hospital, KOTANI ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

The huge earthquake that hit Kobe and other western Japan areas in 1995 has led to expectations that convenience stores will ...

Weather officials in Japan are warning that the most powerful cold spell so far this winter will bring heavy snowfall to ...

In Japan, there is a little-known network of "white post" pornography drop boxes that were installed on streets decades ago ...

The defendant in a criminal trial over an apparent attempted attack on then Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in 2023 has ...

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, ...

With the upcoming Horti Filipina-International Plant Show 2025, plant enthusiasts will be given the opportunity to interact ...

If you're not a meat connoisseur, you might not know the difference between wagyu and Kobe beef. Lucky for you, we're here to ...