KOBE--Long known as the “Guggenheim House,” a landmark Western-style building here is having its history rewritten after experts discovered that Jacob Guggenheim never lived there. It has been ...

Rural kabuki took off among farmers all over Japan, especially in Kobe. Nine old stages remain here and two are still in use. Kobe is a leading international trading port in Japan, but over the ...

A man who was found unconscious in a house in Kobe on Tuesday died later in hospital, police said. According to police, a man called 110 at around 5:30 p.m. and said “A male acquaintance phoned me and ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5:46 am, the exact time that the quake ... timber houses. Heavy damage to the busy harbour area dealt a severe blow to Kobe's economy ...

I had arrived in Japan only hours earlier. Originally I had planned to stay with a local couple who I met in Australia in Nada, Kobe. But 1 month before I left, I got an offer to share a house with ...

In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area ... deposition that he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ...