Kobe – A lawyer and a professor said Monday that they have filed a criminal complaint accusing Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito of paying a public relations company to run his …
Kobe – A group of Hyogo Prefectural Assembly members plans to submit a no-confidence motion against Gov. Motohiko Saito over his alleged power harassment to the assembly’s session in September, …
Kobe – A special investigative committee set up by the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly released a report Friday detailing alleged inappropriate practices by Gov. Motohiko Saito including power harassment, or workplace …
Nearly 40% of Hyogo Prefectural government employees reported either witnessing or hearing about instances of power harassment by Gov. Motohiko Saito, an interim report revealed Tuesday. The figure comes from …
Kobe – The vice governor of Hyogo Prefecture has said that he will resign over the death of a prefectural government official who created and distributed a document about alleged …
London – Miyakobijin Taiyou, a sake locally brewed in Hyogo Prefecture, was crowned champion at a renowned international competition in London on Tuesday. The junmai ginjo sake, made only with …
Kobe – Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito refused to step down Wednesday over the sudden death of a prefectural official who created and distributed a document accusing him of wrongdoing. Saito’s …
Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Hirotsugu Kimura, a 24-year-old company employee, has become the youngest Japanese to complete a solo voyage around the world on a sailboat without making any port …
Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref. – A ceremony was held Thursday to remember more than 100 victims of a commuter train crash that happened on the Fukuchiyama Line near Osaka exactly 19 …
Osaka – Japanese musical theater Takarazuka Revue is planning to apologize to the bereaved family of a member who suddenly died last September after alleged power harassment, it was learned …