NACHI-KATSUURA, Wakayama Prefecture—A rodent that was rescued from a curious house cat turned out to be the first Japanese dormouse found in this town on the Kii Peninsula. The dormouse, a ...

Carp-shaped streamers known as koinobori are a familiar sight in Japan fluttering in the breeze to celebrate Children's Day ...

Police around Japan heightened security for the second half of the unified local elections, and even a can of coffee has been ...

SHANGHAI: Four giant pandas who returned to China last month from the Adventure World theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are doing well in a video released from a research base. The Chengdu ...

The four-carriage Gran Tenku, a new sightseeing train that connects Osaka to Mt. Koya, a UNESCO world heritage site in ...

Wakayama Prefecture, on the Pacific coast south of Japan’s ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto, has attracted pilgrims for centuries. Its Mount Kōya temple complex is one of Japan’s most sacred sites.

Please always refer to the latest government advice before booking travel and departing on any trip. Hit the beach and unwind in hot springs in two of Japan's seaside towns, Shirahama and Kushimoto.

Joel Loynd’s obsession with uncovering bad games and even worse hardware so you don’t have to has led him on this path. Since the age… The new governor of the Wakayama prefecture in Japan has come ...