Hiroki Tomita, the 44-year-old mayor of Ikeda city in Osaka Prefecture, apologized at an Oct. 23 news conference for “creating a misunderstanding that I mixed public and private matters.” ...

IKEDA, Osaka Prefecture—A marsupial from Australia kept at the Ikeda city-run Satsukiyama Zoo was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest wombat ever in captivity. Wain celebrated his ...