KOBE—A union here effectively demanded the resignation of Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito ... office in charge of the western Nishi-Harima region. Saito called the seven-point document “a ...

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 ...

Threats, intimidation and defamatory remarks, both in person and on social media, overshadowed the Hyogo gubernatorial ... in charge of the Nishi-Harima region. That official, who was suspended ...

including a criminal suspect.The 49-year-old officer in the Hyogo region lost a bag containing the documents between 11pm on Friday and 5am on Saturday, a police official said yesterday.

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 ...

Every spring, the quiet farming town of Tanto in Hyogo Prefecture transforms into a vivid sea of color during the Tanto Tulip ...