SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts. The Kangei Maru, the successor to the ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A 21-year-old U.S. military serviceman was arrested Feb. 11 for allegedly trespassing into an apartment in the western Japan city of Iwakuni possibly after causing an ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched ... according to fisheries officials. Japanese whalers’ catch of sei whales is restricted to 25 heads a year in commercial whaling ...

On April 3, a crowd gathered in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture ... The vessel will replace Japan's only existing mother ship, the 30-year-old Nisshin Maru, and comes with a vast array ...

YAMAGUCHI -- A bodybuilding contest ... The special train operated along the beautiful Sea of Japan coastline between Shimonoseki and Kogushi stations in the morning and between Nagatoshi and ...

A festival to savor blowfish has attracted visitors to Shimonoseki City in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi. The annual festival takes place around February 9. This year, it was held ...

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