The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on Jan. 17, 1995. That year came to be called “Borantia Gannen” (literally, “first year ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

January 2025, 600 organizers and representatives from the countries participating in Expo 2025 Osaka gathered at the Himeji ...

Etsuko Sato, a resident of the Hyogo Prefecture city of Kakogawa, receives an email on Jan. 17 every year -- the anniversary ...

Ever wondered how you could elongate your life? Then listen to the story of the late Tomiko Itooka, who lived to an ...

The most common way to enjoy Goto udon in Shinkamigoto is “jigoku-daki” (literally “hell boiling”), which involves taking the ...

Kobe University fosters academic exchange with universities in many countries and has more than 1,000 international students.

The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years ...

She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died Dec. 29 at a care home in Ashiya, ...