Bereaved family members renewed their commitment Saturday to passing on their experiences and lessons learned from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake as the Kansai region marked the 31st anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/17/japan/great-hanshin-earthquake-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kobe #hyogo #greathanshinearthquake #earthquakes

This commuter town in Hyogo Prefecture is steadily growing more diverse — and its international association is making sure all residents are well-informed and well-supported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/01/09/issues/nishinomiya-radio-foreign-residents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #nishinomiya #hyogo #expats #radio #volunteers #immigration

Hyogo police executives have been punished over gifts and other favors from a company commissioned to provide services to the police, it was learned Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/crime-legal/hyogo-police-gifts-contractor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hyogo #japanesepolice

The Hyogo Prefectural Police has sent papers on nine male officers to public prosecutors for alleged illegal gambling at online casinos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/police-online-casino-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hyogo #gambling #casinos #japanesepolice

The government proposed a draft financial support plan for oyster farmers affected by the mass deaths of farm-raised oysters in Hiroshima, Okayama and Hyogo prefectures along the Seto Inland Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/japan/aid-oyster-farmers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fishing #food #hiroshima #okayama #hyogo #maff

Osaka Gas aims to sell 70,000 tons of liquefied natural gas a year as ship fuel through offshore supply by 2030, President Masataka Fujiwara said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/osaka-gas-lng-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #osakagas #lng #osaka #hyogo

Takashi Tachibana, leader of the NHK Party, has been indicted by the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office for allegedly defaming a former Hyogo prefectural assembly member who apparently committed suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/tachibana-indictment-defamation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #takashitachibana #motohikosaito #hyogo #japanesepolice #suicide #nhkparty

JR West has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be completed in mid-December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/jr-train-crash-preservation-facility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jrwest #fukuchiyamaline #shojikurasaka #hyogo

Police arrested Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group that criticizes NHK, in a libel case that involved the suicide of a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/politics/anti-nhk-political-group-head-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takashitachibana #nhk #hyogo #japanesepolice #misinformation

Public prosecutors have sought the death penalty for Hideaki Nozu, who has been charged with killing three members of his family with arrows fired from a crossbow in Hyogo Prefecture in June 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/crime-legal/death-penalty-sought-for-fatal-crossbow-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hyogo #takarazuka #deathpenalty

Ryosuke Takashima, who became the youngest-ever mayor in Japan at age 26 in 2023, is among Time Magazine's 100 most influential emerging people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/ashiya-mayor-time-influential-emerging-people/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ryosuketakashima #ashiya #hyogo #time #magazines #localgovernment

Someone shared an article written by a visitor to #Japan that started by calling Nishinomiya - a city of nearly 500,000 in #Hyogo, near #Kobe a "neighborhood on the outskirts of #Osaka.

And that was when I decided this article wasn't worth reading anymore.

Police are searching for a male suspect after a woman was stabbed to death in an apartment building in Kobe on Wednesday evening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/crime-legal/kobe-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hyogo #kobe #japanesepolice #murder #homicide

Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday as temperatures rose as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of 41.2 C set just last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/society/japan-records-hottest-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatwaves #heatstroke #climatechange #gunma #saitama #tokyo #hyogo

Japan recorded the highest ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, beating the previous high of 41.1 C marked in 2018 and 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/hyogo-highest-temperature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hyogo #meteorologicalagency #heatstroke #heatwaves

Fukushima Prefecture is set to launch a public-private partnership initiative to mitigate the outflow of young people that has been a major factor behind population decline and the falling birth rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/fukushima-gender-gap-population-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #population #women039sissues #rurallife #hyogo