All four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are set to be returned to China, ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he slashed the neck of an 87-year-old woman with a knife in a toilet at a train station in Wakayama City. The incident ...

WAKAYAMA--For the first time in six days ... The water supply to the northern part of the city had been cut off because a bridge that held the pipes supplying water to the area there had collapsed.

the Kojimaichi Shoten grocery store in Wakayama city’s Kada fishing district is packed with a stream of visitors who enjoy photographing the shop’s facade. The outlet’s manager, Shuichi ...

Wakayama Prefecture Governor Shuhei Kishimoto died in Wakayama City on Tuesday morning. He was 68. Kishimoto was found collapsed at the governor's official residence by his secretary at around 10:15 a ...

Wakayama's history of skipjack tuna fishing has given rise to a sophisticated method called "kenken." 12:18 With "kenken" fishing, handling is kept to a minimum.

Summertime is open to sunbathing on the white sands of Japan’s most beautiful beach in Shirahama, thrilling to the dramatic fireworks displays of the Minato Festival in Wakayama City ...

Summertime is open to sunbathing on the white sands of Japan’s most beautiful beach in Shirahama, thrilling to the dramatic fireworks displays of the Minato Festival in Wakayama City ...

Wakayama Gov. Shuhei Kishimoto died at a hospital in this western Japan city April 15 after being found unconscious the previous day. He w･･･ ...

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The new station, Hatsushima, is in a quiet seaside town that’s part of Arida, a 25,000-population city in Wakayama Prefecture, which borders two popular tourist destinations, Osaka and Nara ...

There you'll find Kishi Station. The 14-kilometre train line from Wakayama City to Kishi Station was never a busy route. It was set to close down in 2004. When Wakayama Electric Railway took over ...