Kobe City. He then visited the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake “Memorial and Reconstruction Monument” in Kobe East Park and ...

Background Japan’s ‘Health Japan 21’ initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study ...

TATSUNO, Hyogo Prefecture—UCC Ueshima Coffee Co. is embarking ... compared to conventionally used natural gas, officials of the Kobe-based coffee manufacturer said. UCC began its research ...

ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Local voters made national history by electing a 26-year-old to lead the city, making him the youngest mayor ever in Japan. Winning more than 46 percent of the vote ...

KOBE, (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo ... the exact time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan 17, 1995, leaving 6,434 people dead as many homes were ...

Produced in Japan and prized for its rich marbling ... which comes from the city of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture and is made exclusively from steers, or castrated bulls. Although Kobe is commonly ...

The disaster marked the starting point for Japan's disaster prevention ... on local governments in the region, including Kobe City. Hyogo prefecture and 12 of its cities covered about 41 billion ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito apologized ... conference at the prefectural office in Kobe, saying that they were appropriate. The panel said that the prefecture's actions were illegal and that the ...

The Kobe District Public Prosecutor’s Office ... for the 2007 killing of a second-grade girl in the city of Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture. Katsuta also faces attempted murder charges for a 2006 ...