In a significant turn of events, the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly has recently faced scrutiny over issues related to confidential information leaks tied to Governor Motohiko Saito's misconduct ...

TOKYO, Japan - Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is ...

The Kansai area will never experience a major earthquake.” That was how many people felt before the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

A third-party committee is an independent and neutral panel established by an organization to investigate legal violations or ...

Prosecutors allege that on Oct. 16, 2007, Katsuta fatally stabbed the second-grade girl multiple times in the abdomen near ...

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

Motohiko Saito denied the illegality of the actions to identify the whistleblower, saying that they were appropriate.

Kobe, March 26 (Jiji Press)--Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, apologized to prefectural government workers Wednesday, after a third-party panel last week found that his ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito doubled down on how he handled whistleblowing by a former senior official, which was deemed power ...

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Kobe, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Fusaho Izumi, former mayor of the western Japan city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Monday announced his candidacy for this summer's election for the House of ...