Microplastics (MPs) pollution is a prevalent environmental problem that affects ecosystems globally. Despite the growing ...

Three more destinations – the foothills of Mount Fuji, Niigata, and Yamagata – have been added to the Japan Tourism Agency ...

Visitors to Takaikamishima, in western Japan, are welcomed by a colorful cast of characters from Japanese manga which far o ...

Designed by Mayumi Miyawaki and hidden in the leafy Japanese countryside, this unusual summer house is an intriguing example of 1970s Japanese architecture. A few years ago, it was purchased by a ...

During World War II, an entire island in the Seto Inland Sea vanished from the map. It didn’t sink into the sea — rather, ...

Neutrally buoyant MPs are distributed in all water depths, with a high (low) concentration in the eastern (western) Seto Inland Sea (SIS), characterized by winter mixing and summer stratification.

Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in Asia. An archipelago of more than 6,800 islands, the beautiful country is so ...

TOKYO/BEIJING - China has begun construction of a new structure in waters between China and Japan in the disputed East China Sea, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding it has ...

Japan lodged a protest Tuesday with China because of suspected resource development activity in the East China Sea after claiming Beijing started to construct a new structure in the contested area ...