SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched 500,000 yen ($3,560) per kilogram at an auction here on Nov. 14, double the previous record of 250,000 yen set in Osaka in October. “We are ...
Perched on the edge of Honshu, Yamaguchi Prefecture's Shimonoseki possesses a wealth of history and culture entwined with the sea that laps at its shores. Busy with the hum of daily life, commuters ...
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Tsunoshima Lighthouse in this southwestern Japan city is one of Japan's many lighthouses constructed in the early Meiji era (1868-1912) with involvement from British engineer ...
TOKYO, July 9. /TASS/. The funeral of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday, will take place on July 12, Kyodo news agency reported. The agency also added that the ...
- Fifth training ship for National Institute of Technology, Toyama College, and the first built for the school at MHI's shipyard - Handover scheduled for March 2026, with the new vessel going into ...
Hollywood writer and director Chris D. Nebe's 40-minute documentary which traces the history of the Diaoyu Islands premiered last month. "Diaoyu Islands, The Truth" focuses on the historical and ...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Tokyo, held a christening and ...
One of five universities in the strategically important city at the south-west tip of Honshu, largest and most populous of Japan’s islands, Shimonoseki University is a municipal institution which has ...
TOKYO — Bridgestone Corp. plans to invest nearly $94 million over four years to make its Shimonoseki, Japan, off-the-road tire plant "greener" in terms of renewable energy use and cleaner handling of ...