INUYAMA, Japan >> The 1,300-year-old summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, started June 1 on the Kiso River in ...

Cormorant fishing boats sail on the Nagara River in Gifu, Japan, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon One of Adachi’s cormorants swims to catch ayu river fish on the Nagara River in Oze ...

CHIBA—A prefectural commission plans to restrict crabbing for “gazami” crabs along the coast of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, after overfishing mainly by non-Japanese raised concerns about the ...

MORIOKA—Colorful ice-fishing huts in red, yellow and green dot the snow-covered ice on Lake Gandoko here that stretches as far as the eye can see.