Just west of Osaka lies Kobe, Japan’s sixth most populous city.But beyond the intense hustle and bustle of Sannomiya or the seaside glamor of Kobe Mosaic lies the Rokko Mountain range, providing a ...

KOBE, Japan -- A picturesque vacation getaway in the western Japanese city of Kobe has been named the site of a planned smart city as the pandemic stirs interest in country living. Mount Rokko is ...

Twenty-five years ago the 1.5 million people who live in this old port city 300 miles west of Tokyo were forced to come to grips with an irrevocable fact-their city had nowhere to grow. Hemmed in o… ...