Wakayama Prefectural Police have arrested a 60-year-old a prison officer at Shizuoka Prison on suspicion of stealing an inmate's ring that was kept at the prison. Police said Akio Honda has admitted ...

Wakayama is famous for shoyu, miso and umeboshi—staples in Japanese cuisine. In this episode, Shizuka Anderson meets artisans ...

SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture—Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at the end of June, which the park ...

TOKYO -- All four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are set to be returned to China, leaving the animals' fans in shock. A 49-year-old company worker ...

WAKAYAMA--Famed for being the largest plum-producing area in Japan, Wakayama Prefecture’s local “umeshu” plum wine producers are striving to flow out to new markets abroad. And they have set ...

Three-year-old Australian girl Kinga doesn’t speak Japanese, but that hasn’t stopped her from thriving in a tiny town in ...

Japan-based freelance writer and director Felicity Tillack explores the gastronomic delights of her former home on behalf of Wakayama Tourism. When people ask me where my favourite place in Japan ...

Shuhei Kishimoto, the governor of Wakayama Prefecture, died of septic shock at a hospital in the city of Wakayama on Tuesday morning. He was 68. According to the prefectural government ...

As this four-day itinerary highlights, nowhere is better for that than Wakayama, Japan’s spiritual heartland. Map of places to visit around Tokyo Make your first morning in Tokyo a mellow one ...

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