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Trial of man over 2023 explosives attack on then PM Kishida

People form a line at the Wakayama District Court in Wakayama, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2025, to get admission tickets for the first hearing in the trial of a man over an explosives attack on then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April 2023.

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Girls' Day festival in Japan

Wooden boats loaded with about 500 "Hina" traditional dolls are cast out to sea during an annual Girls' Day festival at a Shinto shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2024, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness.

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Girls' Day festival in Japan

A wooden boat loaded with about 500 "Hina" traditional dolls is cast out to sea during an annual Girls' Day festival at a Shinto shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2024, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness.

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Capsized cargo ship Izumi Maru

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2023, shows the Japanese-registered Izumi Maru that capsized in the Kii Channel off the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. The Japan Coast Guard said the cargo ship capsized after apparently colliding with another freighter.

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Activists against dolphin hunt

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A pair of activists (L) from the Sea Shepherd conservation group films the local fishery cooperative's covered facilities for handling dolphins caught in a hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Activists against dolphin hunt

WAKAYAMA, Japan - An activist (C) from the Sea Shepherd conservation group broadcasts an offshore dolphin hunt with a tablet PC in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan holds annual quake, tsunami preparedness drill

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Nov. 4 Kyodo - Elementary school students crouch below their desks in their classroom in Wakayama, Japan, on Nov. 4, 2016, as the earthquake-prone country held an annual drill to prepare for a major quake and tsunami a day before World Tsunami Awareness Day.

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Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze registration plate commemorating the designation of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground as a Japanese tangible cultural property is unveiled in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, with the station's feline "station master" Nitama (L) and Kishi's "station master" Tama in attendance.

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Dolls sent off on seaborne journey in Girls' Day event

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Three tiny boats full of "hina" dolls set out for a seaborne journey in a Girl's Day ritual to wish girls healthy growth and happiness at Awashima Shrine on the coast of Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2014.

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7 Japanese divers missing off Bali since Feb. 14

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2014, shows a beach on Nusa Lembongan off the southeastern coast of Bali, Indonesia. Local police said on Feb. 15 that seven Japanese women -- five tourists and two diving instructors -- have been missing since the previous day while diving in waters near Lembongan.

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Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Go Shindo becomes the new women's WBC flyweight champion on May 19, 2013, winning her first world title at Wakayama Big Wave in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls on boat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls for Girls' Day on March 3, are floated on the sea in a boat near Awashima Shrine in the city of Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called "hina nagashi" (hina floating) on March 3, 2013. The Shinto shrine holds the annual ritual to wish for the happiness and growth of women and girls.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls on boat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls for Girls' Day on March 3, are floated on the sea in a boat near Awashima Shrine in the city of Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called "hina nagashi" (hina floating) on March 3, 2013. The Shinto shrine holds the annual ritual to wish for the happiness and growth of women and girls.

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Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Participants in a spouse-finding event on Feb. 11, 2013 at Anrakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in the city of Wakayama, make colorful beadrolls together.

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Flood in Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A local resident walks on a flooded road in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, after heavy rain hit the western Japanese city.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls floating

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese 'hina' dolls, ornament dolls for the March 3 Girls' Day, float on the sea in a boat decorated with flowers near the coastal Awashima Shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called ''hina nagashi'' (hina floating) on March 3, 2012. The Shinto shrine's annual ritual aims at happiness for women and girls.

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Dutch activist acquitted

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Erwin Vermeulen (L) talks to reporters in Wakayama, western Japan on Feb. 22, 2012, after the Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted at a Japanese court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December 2011.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls float down river

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese 'hina' dolls, ornament dolls for the March 3 Girls' Day, go down a river by boat decorated with flowers around Awashima Shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called ''hina nagashi'' (hina floating) on March 3, 2011. The ritual aims at happiness for women and girls.

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Dolphin hunt season over in Taiji

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2011, shows Hatajiri Bay in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, known for the dolphin hunting by local fishermen which sparked an international outcry after being featured in the Oscar-winning U.S. documentary ''The Cove.'' The latest season for the controversial hunting, which began in September 2010, ended on Feb. 26, 2011.

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Heavy rainfall hits western Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A motorcycle rider wades through floodwaters caused by heavy downpours in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Nov. 11, 2009. Low pressure dumped heavy rain across a wide area of western Japan the same day, bringing the city a record hourly rainfall of 119.5 millimeters from 3 a.m. and causing a blackout affecting some 1,300 households in Wakayama Prefecture.

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Panda twins at Wakayama zoo named Meihin, Eihin

WAKAYAMA, Japan - The twin cubs born to giant panda Rauhin at the Adventure World amusement park in Wakayama Prefecture in September were named Meihin (R) and Eihin on Nov. 13. Meihin, the female cub, was born early in the morning of Sept. 13 and Eihin, the male cub, about 70 minutes later.

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Freighter sinks off Wakayama after collision, 1 crew member missing

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard vessel is in rescue operation off Wakayama Prefecture in the Pacific following collision between in search of the Cambodian-registered 1,208-ton Yin He No. 1 and the 313-ton Japanese freighter Eifuku Maru No. 7 on April 7. The Japanese ship sank after the collision, leaving one of its four crew members missing.

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Historic liner sinks off Japan ahead of repairs

WAKAYAMA, Japan - The 5,100-ton Scandinavia (file photo), a liner once used by millionaire travelers, sank Sept. 2 in the Pacific off Wakayama Prefecture as it was being towed to China for repairs before being turned into a hotel in Sweden, its country of origin, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Dolls floated out to sea in hope of good health

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Boats carrying dolls are floated out to the sea March 3, Dolls' Day for girls, in Wakayama, with people hoping for good health and no disasters.

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(1)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A researcher at Kinki University feeds bluefin tuna cultivated in the pool of the university's Research Laboratory in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in a file photo taken in 2000. The Osaka-based university said on Sept. 3 that the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna raised from eggs will shortly be shipped to market. The laboratory began fish farming research in 1970 and succeeded in having tuna lay eggs in an artificial environment for the first time in the world in 1979.

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Dolls to be floated out to sea to drive out evil spirits

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 5,000 spectators watch as small boats full of dolls are carried from Awashima Shrine to a nearby beach in Wakayama, western Japan, on Doll's Festival day March 3. The dolls, donated to the shrine from all over the nation, will be floated out to sea the next day in hopes of banishing evil spirits.

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(3)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tsutomu Kobayashi, chief lawyer for Masumi Hayashi, meets reporters in Wakayama on Dec. 11 after Hayashi was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama, western Japan, in 1998. He said the defense lawyers filed an appeal.

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(2)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A vehicle (L) believed to be carrying Masumi Hayashi leaves the Wakayama District Court on Dec. 11 after she was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a pot of curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998.

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(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A camper carrying Tomoko Matsumoto, the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, leaves Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after she was released from the prison.

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People wait to get tickets for curry-poisoning trial

WAKAYAMA, Japan - People wait to get admission tickets June 5 at the Wakayama District Court in Wakayama for the trial of Masumi Hayashi. She is accused of poisoning curry in 1998 in Wakayama, western Japan, which led to the deaths of four people and injuries to many others.

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Denmark's soccer team leaves for S. Korea

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 600 people including kindergarteners see off members of Denmark's soccer team in front of a hotel in Wakayama on May 27 as they leave for South Korea to take part in the first round of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals beginning May 30. Denmark have been training in Wakayama since May 20.

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'Hina Nagashi' rite observed

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A wooden boat loaded with ''hina'' dolls is tossed into the sea off Kata, Wakayama, on March 3 in the ''Hina Nagashi (floating of dolls)'' rite observed in some parts of Japan on the traditional ''Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' day.

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Experts try to identify radioactive substance from Philippines

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute experts try to identify the source of radioactivity coming from within a sealed container imported from the Philippines at a Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. steelworks in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture on May 1. When the container was trucked April 28 to the steelworks in Wakayama, south of Osaka, a radiation detector at the gate alerted staff to the presence of radioactive material inside.

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Drying persimmons in peak season

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Two farmers in Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, hung strings of pealed persimmons Nov. 10 to make ''hoshigaki'' (dried persimmons), which will in great demand on the New Year's Day.

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Memorial service for curry-poisoning victims

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Relatives of victims in a 1998 curry-poisoning case in Wakayama, western Japan, offer silent prayers before a small altar during a memorial service July 24. Four people were killed and 63 others fell ill after eating arsenic-laced curry which was prepared by members of the local community and served at a summer festival on July 25, 1998. A former insurance sales woman has been indicted on murder charges in the case.

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Doll-float ceremony in Wakayama

A seasonal doll-float ceremony was held on Kada beach in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, the Doll's Festival day. Some 20,000 dolls were sent to the ceremony, where a service was held to drive away evil spirits by floating many dolls out to sea. About 15,000 residents and tourists gathered to watch the three small doll-carrying boats decorated with peach and rape blossoms.

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Schoolgirls weep over death of classmate

Japanese schoolgirls weep July 27 over the death of their classmate Miyuki Torii, 16, a first-grade student at Kaichi high school in Wakayama, western Japan. Torii was one of four people who died after eating curry and rice contaminated with cyanide at a summer festival in Wakayama.

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Hanwa Bank vice president slain by gunman

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Aug. 5, 1993, shows a street in front of the home (R) of Tomosaburo Koyama, vice president of Hanwa Bank, in the western Japan city of Wakayama after a gunman shot him to death earlier in the day. Koyama, 62, was gunned down after stepping into his chauffeur-driven car that was to take him to work. The statute of limitations in the case expired on Aug. 5, 2008.