Smelt fishing season is underway at a lake in Hokkaido, northern Japan. It's not so much a case of striking while the iron is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency on Thursday proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country’s commercial whaling ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including Palauans divided as Japan lobbies for more fishing grounds.