Osaka developer wins bid for Kobe government building

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Wednesday named Daniel Russel, a close aide with expertise on Japan, as the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia. The Senate will need to confirm Russel as the assistant secretary of state for East Asia. Obama, ...

Popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's description of wartime sexual slaves as "necessary" is being strongly criticised both at home and abroad. The comment by Hashimoto, seen as a potential future prime minister, came as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

OSAKA Stupid, shockingly provincial and a sign of how little Japanese people really understand that part of the world were among the reactions of Turkish residents in Kansai to Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose's comments about Turkey and the wider Muslim ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Japan early yesterday, injuring at least 24 people and destroying some houses, officials and reports said. Japan's meteorological agency, which earlier reported the quake was measured at magnitude 6.0, revised ...

KOBE -- Hyogo Prefectural Police's cybercrime department has arrested two men for selling chip cards modified to let people watch scrambled satellite TV broadcasts for free, it has been learned. Police arrested Tsukasa Shimazu, 30, of Meguro Ward, ...

A student looks at his acceptance letter to becoming a firefighter in this photo taken in Kobe. Also pictured are a colorblindness test and glasses with corrective lenses. (Mainichi) OSAKA -- Following the abolishment of mandatory colorblindness ...

When an earthquake struck Japan The worker in the transport ministry's western Osaka aviation bureau emailed 87 officials after the southwestern city of Kobe was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, intending to warn of possible damage to the airport.

KOBE -- A 19-year-old second-year Kobe University student will be punished for repeated pranks at a popular amusement park in Osaka and later tweeting about his actions. According to the university and Universal Studios, Japan located at Osaka's ...

AMAGASAKI, Hyogo -- The Amagasaki branch of the Kobe District Court has ordered a 31-year-old woman to pay 94.1 million yen in damages for tricking another woman into handing over millions of yen in cash and goods by pretending to be a male admirer ...