It has been 350 years since fishermen from present-day Wakayama Prefecture sailed more than 1,000 kilometers north on the Kuroshio Current across the Pacific Ocean to Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Japan’s top government spokesman on Wednesday called Russia’s announcement of ...

TOKYO >> Over the past year, Yuki Muraoka noticed an uptick in the number of recreational anglers visiting his favorite fishing haunts in Tokyo. Whether alone or with family, those equipped with rods ...

MAISAKA, Japan — Every year, as July draws to a close, Norio Terada and his fellow oyster farmers submerge hundreds of scallop shells strung on wire rings into the waters of Lake Hamana. The tiny ...

Seasonal fishing for the "Hokkai shimaebi" shrimp started on June 30 in Notsuke Bay in the Nemuro Strait east of Hokkaido, marking the arrival of summer. Twenty fishing boats with white sails went out ...

In a recent article, I covered the international division of the Major League Fishing (MLF) Toyota Series Championship. At the time, there were impressive 18 countries around the globe partnered with ...

Update: This article was updated on December 24 with additional information provided by Japan’s Ministry of Fisheries about the Tomi Maru factory fishing vessel that was impounded in Russia for ...

IT is a long way, geographically, from Munich to Canton; and there is little in common culturally between the old Bavarian capital, with its well-known excellences in music, art, and beer and its new ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. At midnight on Sunday morning, Japan’s new ambassador to Beijing, Uichiro Niwa, ...