Less than a century ago his clansmen enthusiastically followed the Emperor’s orders by opening fire on all foreign ships passing through Shimonoseki Strait, the narrow western entrance to the ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched 500,000 yen ($3,560) per kilogram at an auction here on Nov. 14, double the previous record of 250,000 yen set in Osaka in October.

In a post on social media platform X, the Kaikyokan Aquarium, located in the western Japanese city of Shimonoseki, shared a photo of the sunfish gliding past a lineup of staff uniforms with ...