Hyogo Prefecture offers awe-inspiring sights: a towering wooden castle with a pristine white facade, the dazzling "million-dollar" night view and one of the world's largest whirlpools. These ...

KOBE—A third-party investigative panel on March 19 concluded that Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito committed power harassment on several occasions and violated the whistleblower protection law with ...

Kobe – The personal information of a whistleblower in Hyogo Prefecture was likely leaked under the instructions of Gov. Motohiko Saito and former Vice Gov. Yasutaka Katayama, according to a ...

KOBE -- The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's special committee investigating power harassment and other allegations against Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito and others drew up a final report on March 4 ...

In a stunning turn of events, former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito was reelected to the prefecture’s top executive office on Sunday after he had automatically lost the position following a historic ...