On March 11, 2025, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) announced it would construct Japan’s first 3D-printed train station in ...

A fresh round for Japanese communities to apply to host an integrated resort (IR) with casino may start in 2026, according to four sources spoken to by GGRAsia, based on information they have ...

Twelve sixth grade students appointed as "child tourism ambassadors" by this west Japan town recently showcased the results ...

Japan’s Wakayama prefecture (pictured), which in 2022 waived a move to host an integrated resort (IR) with casino after the local assembly voted against taking part in the initial application round, ...

WAKAYAMA—Wakayama prefectural police announced on Nov. 5 that a body found off the coast of the Kada district in Wakayama has been identified as missing 21-year-old German student Claudio Worm.

Police on Tuesday arrested fortuneteller Toshie Hamada, 62, and accomplice Naori Takitani, 59, for instigating Kohei Teramoto ...

KAINAN, Wakayama Prefecture--A mosasaur fossil found in the mountains in the prefecture almost two decades ago has been determined to be a new genus and species that lived more than 70 million ...

WAKAYAMA -- A producer of the 2016 Japanese animated film "Your Name." was sentenced to four years in prison by the Wakayama District Court Feb. 28 for paying cash to multiple underage girls for sex ...

Eneos, a unit of Eneos Holdings, also said the industry ministry selected the Wakayama project for a publicly solicited initiative to support the expansion of the production and supply of SAF.

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