This year marks 25 years since the emergency number 118 for incidents and accidents at sea was introduced in 2000, yet over ...

Snow is falling in areas along the Sea of Japan coast and other parts of Japan, including the Shikoku region. A winter pressure pattern and a cold air mass could bring heavy snow from northern to ...

Japan’s defense ministry said on Friday it scrambled fighter jets after two Russian IL-38 information-gathering aircraft were spotted flying back and forth between the Sea of Japan and the East ...

After the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that earthquakes with magnitudes greater ...

The Ama divers of Japan, primarily in Toba and Shima, preserve an ancient tradition of free diving for shellfish and pearls, ...

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any ...

North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the South Korean military said, ...

North Korea last fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew more than 680 miles from the Pyongyang area before ...

In the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, Aiko Ohno, a seasoned ama diver, glides effortlessly through the sea.

Ohno is an ama diver, or a “sea woman” as they are known in Japan. For centuries, these traditional fisherwomen have lived off the riches of the waters around the Ise-Shima region, collecting ...

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