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Yoshio Mochizuki, Who Competed with Nobuyasu Nikai for Official Endorsement, Was Expelled From the Ldp's Wakayama Prefectural Branch.

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] At a party ethics committee meeting on the 31st, the Wakayama Prefectural LDP decided to expel House of Councillors member Mochizuki Yoshio, who ran as an independent in the Wakayama constituency in the House of Councillors election and was elected for the first time. He ran for office after losing the official endorsement battle against Nobuyasu Nikai, the third son of former Secretary-General Toshihiro. Even if the prefectura…Read Article

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Independent Candidate Yoshio Mochizuki Certain to Win First Election in Conservative-Split Wakayama Constituency in the House of Councillors

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In the House of Councillors election in the Wakayama constituency (one seat up for election), newcomer and former mayor of Arita City, Wakayama Prefecture, Mochizuki Yoshio (53), won the conservative split election and secured his first election victory. After losing the official endorsement race to LDP newcomer Nobuyasu (47), the third son of retired former Secretary-General Nikai Toshihiro, Mochizuki ran as an independent. He received support …See the Story

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World's first 3D-printed train station opens in Wakayama Prefecture

The world’s first 3D-printed train station building has officially opened at Hatsushima Station in Wakayama Prefecture. The construction is a collaboration result between 3D-printing construction firm Serendix Inc. and the JR West Group, and demonstrates a method that dramatically reduces on-site construction time and costs for railway infrastructure. (Image: serendi) The new station building began service on earlier last week, replacing a woode…Read Article

Wounds Still Unhealed, Anger Still Lingers 27 Years After the Wakayama Curry Poisoning Incident (Kyodo News)

On the 25th, it was 27 years since the poison curry incident at a summer festival in Wakayama City, where four people died and 63 people suffered acute arsenic poisoning. The sentence of death row inmate Masumi Hayashi (64) was finalized in 2009, but the detailed motive was not revealed during the trial, and she maintains her innocence. The victim said, "My anger has not faded."Wakayama · Wakayama Read Article

Japanese train station building set up in just two hours with the help of 3D printing

It’s a license to print train stations. Earlier this year, we reported on rial operator JR West’s plans to create the world’s first 3D-printed train station building. In a fitting tribute to the speed this technology affords us, the building is already completely set up at Hatsushima Station on the JR Kisei Main Line in the town of Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, as of 22 July. First, to get semantics out of the way, the building itself wasn’t 3D pr…Arida · Arida Read Article

3 Documentaries So Traumatizing You’ll Wish They Were Made Up

1. Ken Burns – ‘The Dust Bowl’ (2012) In the 1930s, the American and Canadian Plains experience an ecological disaster of epic proportions. Native grasslands are over-plowed in the service of avarice, federal subsidies, and an unstable grain economy, leaving the topsoil to be stripped by whipping winds and the resulting choking dust storms that move over thousands of square miles. It is the recollections of those who lived through it by survivo…Taiji · Taiji Read Article

Wakayama, the Last Getaway in the "Spiritual Heart of Japan" of the Labyrinth of the Most Beautiful David 'Azagra'

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If Judge Beatriz Biedma does not prevent him, after the petition of the private prosecution to withdraw his passport or, failing that, to impose a deposit of 70,000 euros for...Wakayama · Wakayama Read Article

Ldp's Nikai Nobuyasu: "I Take Full Responsibility for the Defeat" - Defeated in Conservative-Split Wakayama Constituency

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] In the Wakayama constituency (one seat up for election), LDP newcomer Nikai Nobuyasu (47) lost. This is the first time the LDP has lost in this constituency in 27 years, since 1998. Nikai is the third son of former party secretary-general Toshihiro. He switched from the House of Councillors to run in the Wakayama 2nd district in the House of Representatives election last October.Wakayama · Wakayama Read Article

Pandemonium in Japan’s ‘Panda Town’

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Pandas, and those who adore them, have been central to the culture and economy in Shirahama, Japan for years. But the four pandas at the town’s local zoo really belong to China, and China wants them back, leaving town residents in emotional turmoil.Economy · Shirahama See the Story

Tsugio Fujimoto - Rafu Shimpo

February 3, 1933 – June 14, 2025 Private funeral services for the late Tsugio Fujimoto, 92 years old, born in Wakayama, Japan, who passed away June 14, was held on Wednesday, July 2. He is survived by his loving family: sons, George, Steven and Mike; daughters, Helen (Yoshimitsu) Kikuchi, Susan (Masahiro) Suzuki, Darlene (James) Motoyasu […]Wakayama · Wakayama Read Article

Japan’s panda capital is losing its pandas. What comes next? | News Channel 3-12

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By Yumi Asada, Hanako Montgomery and Chris Lau, CNN Shirahama, Japan (CNN) — They came, dressed in black and white, wearing furry hats, and clutching banners and soft toys. With tears in their eyes and sobs in their throats, they waited patiently in line under the scorching sun for one last glimpse before it was all over. Pandas have become huge celebrities in the Japanese town of Shirahama. Over three decades, their presence at the local Advent…Asia · Shirahama See the Story

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