While the agency had been concerned about poor squid catches over the past few years, squid catches proved to be bountiful ...

A Japanese fishing boat has capsized off the Pacific coast near Miyakojima, a southern island in Okinawa Prefecture. Two crew ...

Each side claims to have fended off an incursion in the disputed waters near Taiwan.

NEMURO, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese fisherman Tsuruyuki Hansaku was barely out of high school when he served 10 months in a Soviet prison, arrested at sea on his father's boat for catching cod in what ...

A Russian patrol boat opened fire on a Japanese vessel in disputed waters Wednesday, killing a fisherman and triggering a harsh protest from Tokyo. Moscow reportedly urged Japanese boats to stay out ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities were searching on Wednesday for a North Korean fishing boat that was reported to have sunk in the Sea of Japan. A North Korean boat telephoned a Japanese fishing ...

Travelers to Japan may never stray from the urban comfort of Tokyo and Kyoto, deeming the back roads too mysterious and awkward. But I wondered how an American would fare off the beaten path, where ...

Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to ...

Two dozen Japanese tourists flew here just to go fishing. They caught plenty of what Lake Tohopekaliga is famous for – largemouth bass – and earned the admiration of veteran fishing guides for their ...