A festival to savor blowfish has attracted visitors to Shimonoseki City in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi.

Locals are trying to make Shimonoseki recognized as Japan’s No. 1 city for whale meat. A total of 1.4 tons of whale meat was sold at the auction. A long line of shoppers formed when an outlet of ...

Animal caretakers at the Kaikyokan in the southern city of Shimonoseki were concerned when Mambo the sunfish appeared to fall ill, shortly after the facility closed for renovations in early December.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A sunfish at a municipal aquarium undergoing renovation in this west Japan city became unwell, but recovered after its tank was decorated with staff uniforms and pictures ...

The support group asked Shinji Yoshida, a 38-year-old member of the Shimonoseki city assembly, to run in the by-election, Ito said in his speech.