KOBE, Japan -- The Japanese city of Kobe, near Osaka, plans to open a liaison office in Singapore in fiscal 2025 to support homegrown startups in Southeast Asia as well as attract local companies.

In the future, regardless as to whether or not the Shanghai office exists, economic exchanges between Kobe and China will not stop. There are indeed some political issues between Japan and China ...

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo -- Standing in style, Kobe College buildings in this western Japan city were designed ... and the chancellor's office on the second floor. (Mainichi/Maiko Umeda)=Click/tap ...