Could you imagine? Restaurant Juban is a branch of Yakiniku Don Juban Sannomiya Ten, a 28-year-old restaurant in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. Most yakiniku places might have a donburi or two on their menu, ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake took place on January 17, 1995, devastating Kobe and the surrounding area. Ahead of its thirtieth anniversary, the Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 ...

A passer-by called 119 to report that a man had been stabbed on the road at around 10:15 on Thursday, in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. The man was believed to have been stabbed in the abdomen and was ...

Among the proponents of studying abroad, even with the costs involved, is Tokyo mayor Yuirko Koike, who has announced a plan for the Tokyo metropolitan government to start handing out grants to ...

The Tokyo Auto Salon is the Japanese auto industry's largest opportunity to display its latest go-fast and show-off bits. Scores of OEMs and aftermarket suppliers—and the legions of fanatics who ...

They say change is the only constant in Tokyo. The capital has always been a city of reinventions – some voluntary, others forced – ceaselessly building to outdo itself. And just like in years ...

Itooka died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 116 at a hospice in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. With that, Inah is now the oldest living person after Itooka’s death. She is also the second oldest nun on ...

Although Itooka died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 at the age of 116 at her nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, her death was not confirmed by LongeviQuest until Jan. 4. Itooka had held ...

She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years and 220 days old. She died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan, Guinness said in a news release, citing LongeviQuest ...