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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2018
Severed head found in Osaka suitcase thought to be that of missing Hyogo woman; American tourist in custody
Police investigating the disappearance of a Hyogo woman Saturday found what appears to be her severed head in a suitcase left at a lodging facility in Osaka's Nishinari Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018
Teen wins annual 'Lucky Man' footrace at Hyogo's Nishinomiya Shrine
An 18-year-old high school sprinter gearing up for university entrance exams won the annual "Lucky Man Run" early Wednesday morning at Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2018
Mayor in Hyogo ready to apologize for telling reporter 'I'll kill you' — if the reporter says sorry first
A mayor in Hyogo Prefecture who told a reporter "I'll kill you" when he was approached after a new year ceremony said Friday he is prepared to apologize — if he gets an apology from the reporter first.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017
Local governments in Japan look to clamp down on private lodging services with stricter regulations
With the explosion of overseas tourism, local governments are looking to curb the number of illegal outlets that have sprung up in recent years.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2017
Firms finish building equipment for hydrogen-fueled power generation, ahead of tests set to begin in Kobe in February
Several companies have finished building hydrogen-fueled power generation equipment that will supply electricity and heat to public facilities in Kobe in a demonstration test scheduled to begin in early February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 9, 2017
Open waters: Opening of ports 150 years ago remains a watershed moment in the nation's history
The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, which ended about 250 years of self-imposed isolation and marked the beginning of Japan's efforts to become a major international power.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2017
Bus driver drove in reverse for half a kilometer on a Hyogo Prefecture expressway last month, company says
A bus driver drove in reverse for 560 meters on an expressway in Hyogo Prefecture last month after missing an interchange, officials of the bus operator said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 1, 2017
Protest targets Hyogo hospital chief's comment calling past campaign to sterilize disabled 'unique'
For many months, people with disabilities have demanded that a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture remove a published comment by its honorary chief — who characterized a government campaign to sterilize mentally disabled people decades ago as "a unique movement," several people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2017
No injuries reported as fire rips through Akashi shopping district and rages for six hours
A fire nearly destroyed a local shopping district in the city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Wednesday but no injuries were reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2017
On infrastructure tours in Japan, the road is the destination
Looking for an extraordinary experience in Japan? How about climbing to the top of the world's longest suspension bridge for a panoramic view of the city, or a walking tour on an expressway yet to be completed?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2017
Missile evacuation drill to be held in Hyogo in September
The Hyogo Prefectural Government said Wednesday it will hold an evacuation drill Sept. 17 in Nishinomiya to prepare for a possible ballistic missile attack.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 22, 2017
Take a journey into the art of darkness
Terror and tragedy are widely considered entirely disagreeable in principle. But audiences have for millennia taken pleasure in the pain of narrative spectacles in the arts. Fear is popular because it arouses curiosity in addition to revulsion. So, too, does the assemblage of Western works from the 16th to 20th centuries in "Fear in Painting."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2017
Hyogo boy, 10, passes out after being bitten by a venomous snake
A 10-year-old boy in Hyogo Prefecture lost consciousness after being bitten by a venomous snake Saturday, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017
Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido returned for fifth term as voters take experience over change
While Tokyo voters took a new direction with Gov. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) on Sunday, Hyogo voters opted for more of the same by giving 71-year-old Gov. Toshizo Ido a fifth term on his promises to deal with the prefecture's ailing finances and falling population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2017
Abe accelerates Constitution quest by telling LDP to submit amendment plans in fall extra Diet session
Prime Minister Abe tells his Liberal Democratic Party to submit new proposals for amending the Constitution to the extra Diet session this fall, when the Kake scandal will likely resurface.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Top court upholds acquittal of ex-JR West heads over deadly 2005 derailment
Supreme Court ruling says former company presidents were not expected to recognize danger of the curve at the Hyogo Prefecture crash site.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 6, 2017
Alternative realities of realism
"Realism" can be a frustratingly indeterminate term. It can be used to refer to individual paintings, and it can be a conceptual placeholder that seemingly encapsulates the entire history of the Western Renaissance, and other, fine arts through to modernism.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2017
Graffiti vandals deface 11 shrines in Awaji
Eleven shrines in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, were hit by graffiti vandals from Tuesday to Wednesday and police suspect the same party was behind each case.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2017
Municipal-run services taps big data for matchmaking
One day in May, a woman in her 40s was browsing a tablet computer at a municipality-funded matchmaking center, searching for a prospective husband. She was surprised; the computer suggested candidates she wouldn't have otherwise considered.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2017
Hyogo woman's quest for fair-trade coconut oil helps remote Indonesia island
A proposal by a Japanese woman to introduce a fair-trade policy for exporting coconut oil from a small Indonesian island has changed the lives of people there, prompting them to abandon blast fishing that destroys the surrounding ecosystem.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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