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