T here are several ways in which you get from South Korea to Japan. The easy option is to fly, but if you’ve made it down to Busan, then we recommend the Korea-Japan Ferry routes. The 14-hour ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more ...

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—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 ...

In Shimonoseki, the fish is said to bring happiness ... The market handles the largest amount of the winter specialty in Japan. Visitors bought delicacies such as raw blowfish sashimi and fried ...

The Taiwan Daily News (台灣日日新報), however, reported that the attackers missed their targets and hit residential areas in Taipei ...

Upon returning home, Itō turned his ideals toward opening Japan to Westernization ... in 1860 but was sunk by US ships in the battle of Shimonoseki. It was successfully salvaged and used to ...

Full-bloom forecast for Kansai/Kinki Hikone: April 7 (2 days earlier than last year) Kyoto: April 2 (3 days earlier than last ...

His evolution reflects a broader shift in the exercise industry away from a “no pain, no gain” mentality that once dominated ...

A 21-year-old U.S. military serviceman was arrested Feb. 11 for allegedly trespassing into an apartment in the western Japan･･･ ...

Territorial concessions at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, enshrined in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, sowed the seeds of future wars in Asia and the rise of a more militaristic Japan in ...