Two injured as 69-year-old driver plows into group of children in Hyogo Prefecture
A 69-year-old driver drove her vehicle into a group of children in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday, police said, the latest in a string of crashes with older drivers at the wheel. Two children were injured when Rieko Ueda plowed her car into a group ...
Japanese medical school adopts facial recognition-based attendance system
The Hyogo College of Medicine has introduced a facial recognition technology-based system to check student attendance. It is the first university in Japan to use such a system, according to the institution in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The university expects the system to allow ...
Japanese newspaper reporter wounded in unsolved '87 shooting at Hanshin bureau dies
Hyoe Inukai, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter severely wounded by a shotgun during the unsolved 1987 attack on the daily's Hanshin bureau, has died, it was learned Friday. He was 73. Inukai died Tuesday at a hospital in Kagawa Prefecture. The cause of death is ...
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. Takeshi Imamura, the mayor of Nishinomiya, Hyogo ...
Hyogo firm uses sweet buns to teach disabled about product development, sales skills
A bakery and cafe company in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is working to improve the wages of people with disabilities by offering know-how on product development and sales of sweets. Esquerre developed and started selling Imoma:ru — buns with sweet potato paste filling. Sweet potatoes are ...
