A superintendent at Hyogo Prefectural Police concealed that he had lost a pair of handcuffs for 12 years, and revealed the ...

An American tourist in his 70s was recently arrested in Japan for possessing a handgun, which he had inadvertently brought ...

Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang, which has nearly 3,300 members as of 2024, is reportedly the largest and wealthiest organised crime groups in Japan ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling ...

Airlines have begun operating international charter flights at Kobe Airport in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo. The airport, which was opened in 2006, previously handled only domestic flights ...

The Hyogo Prefectural ... brought a handgun into Japan. The 73-year-old was arrested on March 24 on suspicion of possessing a revolver at a terminal building at Kobe Port in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture ...

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 ...

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KOBE, Japan, April 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RX Japan is back with its much-anticipated jewellery show, International Jewellery Kobe (IJK) 2025, set to take place from May 15-17 at the prestigious ...

KOBE, Japan -- Kobe Airport in western Japan started offering international charter services on Friday. Four airlines, from China, South Korea and Taiwan, will operate a total of 40 weekly flights ...

On April 13, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba visited Hyogo Prefecture.