Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in ...

Fishing for shinko, which are baby ikanago sand eels, began in the Harima-nada Sea in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12. Shinko, about 6 centimeters in len･･･ ...

Professor Sakurai Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career in international cooperation before expanding her research to include ...

Energy and logistics giant MHI operates the Takasago Hydrogen Park, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, touted as the world’s first facility that can play host to the full value chain of hydrogen ...

Night - Cloudy with a 73% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds ...

The central government also needs to hurry to resolve relevant issues so that another situation, like the one in Hyogo Prefecture, will not take place again. (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, March 6, 2025) ...

A prefectural assembly panel in Hyogo, western Japan ... to take the report seriously and act properly as the head of the prefecture. Assembly member Masuyama Makoto, who opposes the report ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly on Wednesday adopted a report by its special investigative committee that found the prefecture's efforts to identify a whistleblower against Gov. Motohiko Saito to ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Cloudy with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C) and a 49% chance of precipitation ...