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WAKAYAMA

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2016
Taiji told to pay ¥110,000 after woman barred from whale museum
The Australian, of conservation group Australia for Dolphins (AFD), was barred from entering the museum in February 2014.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2015
Cross-dressing tourist enters women's bathing area, says he heard view was good
A male Chinese tourist who dressed as a woman to enter the female section of a public bath in Wakayama Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful entry, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2015
Threatening letter sent to museum demands halt to dolphin hunt
A threatening letter has been sent to a whale museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, demanding that local fishermen halt controversial drive hunts of dolphins, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 19, 2015
Taiji drops anchor on dolphin hunts despite increasing pressure
On the harbor road heading east toward Tomyozaki Point, there is a moss-encrusted monument dedicated to an ill-fated whaling expedition in 1878. Facing fierce westerly winds, the fishermen released their catch, a right whale and her calf, and tied their boats together with nets to bolster defenses, but they were soon ripped apart and the fleet tossed further out to sea. More than 100 crew members lost their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2015
Season's first dolphin hunt in Taiji ends unsuccessfully
Fishing boats in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, set sail for the first dolphin drive hunt of the season Thursday morning, as some 15 foreign activists staged protests around the town's harbor facility.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2015
Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry arrested; Taiji fisherman delay first hunt of season
A U.S. activist featured in the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary "The Cove" about dolphin hunts in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, has been arrested in the nearby town of Nachikatsuura for not carrying his passport.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 12, 2015
Surai Sasai: a Buddhist monk battling the caste dragon
Japan-born monk's lifelong mission to convert millions of India's Dalits has won him legions of followers, but also led to threats to his life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2015
Railway names Tama the cat's replacement as stationmaster
Wakayama Electric Railway Co., which recently mourned the death of its popular feline "stationmaster," has appointed another cat as her successor, hoping the tradition will continue to attract passengers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 5, 2015
Mount Koya sites exemplify 'parallel universe' where war criminals are martyrs
Japanese leaders who continue to condone the country's wartime actions inhabit a 'parallel universe' whose version of WWII history is at odds with the rest of the world's.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jul 29, 2015
A Chinese front opens in the battle over Taiji's dolphin drive hunts
There was much media coverage in April of the decision by the World Association for Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) to suspend its Japanese affiliate, JAZA, because of concerns over animal cruelty due to the sourcing of captive dolphins from the infamous drive hunts in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2015
More than 11,000 farmed tuna die in wake of typhoon
Farmed tuna die in wake of typhoon
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 22, 2015
Unforgiving system leaves family mired in debt
International couple say that advice from city officials to defer paying health insurance payments left them owing millions and dealing with debt collectors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2015
Wakayama's popular 'stationmaster' cat Tama, 16, dies
Tama, a cat "stationmaster" of a railway station in Wakayama Prefecture whose immense popularity helped boost the railway's revenues and the local sightseeing industry, died Monday at a local animal hospital aged 16 years and two months, the equivalent of about 80 years in human age, the railway said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 16, 2015
Japanese activists fight against the tide to save whales and dolphins
Homegrown foes of dolphin hunts and 'research whaling' face off against a daunting array of powerful interests.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2015
Suspect says he killed Wakayama boy after being ridiculed: lawyer
The suspect in the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy in Wakayama Prefecture has allegedly told police that he decided to assault the boy after the child poked fun at him, according to his defense lawyer.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2015
Suspect in fatal stabbing of Wakayama 11-year-old hints at involvement
A man arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death an 11-year-old boy in Wakayama Prefecture this month has begun hinting at his culpability during questioning, investigative sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2015
Footprint near scene of Wakayama boy's murder points to suspect
A footprint near where an 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death last week in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, is similar to the size and pattern of sandals a suspect arrested in the slaying was wearing, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2015
Bloodstains at Wakayama suspect's home are those of murdered boy, DNA test shows
Bloodstains near a shoe rack in the home of a man suspected of the frenzied stabbing of an 11-year-old boy in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, last week have been confirmed as the victim's, investigative sources said, citing DNA analysis.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2015
Wakayama slaying suspect had a knife near crime scene, acted strangely: witness
The man who stands accused of fatally stabbing a male fifth-grader in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, had told a neighbor "not to worry" shortly before he allegedly carried out the attack, NHK reported Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 15, 2015
Salvage plan keeps Wakayama playing in NBL
The Wakayama Trians will spend the remainder of the season under new management, NBL acting president Mitsuru Maruo said at a Tokyo news conference on Wednesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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