OSAKA--An 8-meter-long whale has remained in Osaka Bay near the mouth of the Yodogawa river, more than 30 hours after it was first reported there. The whale has been nicknamed “Yodo-chan” on ...

MINOO, Osaka Prefecture--More than a century ago, the "kawadoko" riverside dining experience along the Minoogawa river, which flows from the famed Minoo Otaki waterfall here, was a popular ...

MATSUYAMA -- A whale shark that had been released off west Japan's Kochi Prefecture last month for purposes including ...