It was unusually spectacular in its familiarity. This was August, and lush seasonal streamside vegetation made casting a fly an occasional challenge. Low water flows and high humidity were constant ...

Japan’s Lake Biwa, one of the oldest lakes in the world, may be claiming a largemouth bass that might tie the oldest and most cherished all-tackle world record in freshwater fishing. Reports indicate ...

Abundant water makes for beautiful scenery, and Lake Biwa also serves as a reservoir for the Kansai region. Most of the water used in the city of Kyoto is drawn from this lake. Meanwhile, the whole of ...

A South Korean fishing boat collided with cruiser Lake Champlain during reduced visibility in the Sea of Japan midday Tuesday, Navy officials said. There were no injuries and the Navy is investigating ...

Travelers to Japan may never stray from the urban comfort of Tokyo and Kyoto, deeming the back roads too mysterious and awkward. But I wondered how an American would fare off the beaten path, where ...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. -- For almost 15 years, Lake Oswego's Sister City -- {A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshikawa,_Saitama" target=_blank}Yoshikawa City, Japan ...

Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from Southern California’s outdoors scene. For the next several weeks, we’re featuring guest writers (whom we’ve dubbed ...

Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to ...

“Have you seen Mr. Orange Farmer?” asked my neighbor, in Japanese. She was standing at my front door, huddled under a small umbrella in the rain on a Wednesday afternoon. I was in the middle of eating ...

A Japanese salmon thought to have been extinct for 70 years has been discovered in a lake near Mount Fuji. The kunimasu salmon, also called the black kokanee, is a subspecies of sockeye salmon that's ...