Priests dressed in traditional attire beat wooden boards with willow branches in front of a waterfall in Nachikatsuura in ...

Nara's Horyuji Temple is another World Heritage Site. Its central gate, main hall, and five-story pagoda were built around ...

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western ...

WAKAYAMA--The Wakayama prefectural assembly on April 20 rejected plans to build a casino-centered integrated resort (IR) in the capital of the prefecture in the Kinki region. Twenty-two assembly ...

AT about 04.20 hr. on December 21, 1946, an earthquake of considerable severity originated in the Pacific Ocean some 100 miles off the coast of Wakayama, Japan. The shock was recorded on ...

It’s Christmas time again in Japan, which means children everywhere are anxiously ... That’s precisely why on December 18, police in the town of Yuasa in Wakayama Prefecture were called out to ...

Koichiro Ito, the Japanese producer who contributed to some of the highest-grossing anime hits revered by fans worldwide, was arrested in Tokyo by Wakayama ... (X) Japan's local newspaper ...

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Following the April 15 Wakayama incident, the National Police Agency instructed prefectural police across Japan to strengthen measures, such as stopping and questioning suspicious people ...

The prosecution in the case of 53-year-old anime producer Kouichirou Itou, who was arrested in late February 2024 for allegedly soliciting a 15-year-old high school girl for nude photos, recommended ...

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Here is our annual guide to help you understand New Year customs in Japan. 2025 is the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Around midnight on New Year’s Eve, you may hear bells peal in ...