Spring also brings vibrant festivals, from the dazzling Takayama Matsuri to Kyoto’s geisha-led Miyako Odori. Whether you’re ...

Skretting Japan has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for one of its feed mills in Japan – a first ...

Around 70 percent of the 300,000 tons of salmon that reach the Japanese market annually is from fish farms. During the 1970s in Japan ... are also retailed. In coastal areas in Iwate Prefecture ...

The impact in waters around Japan is showing up in myriad ways: decreased sizes of species including mackerel and anchovy in the country’s typically rich eastern coastal waters, a dramatic drop ...

Japan’s coastal wind turbines are difficult to maintain and there are not enough skilled divers to perform manual check-ups. As the country continues to invest in green wind energy, a team in ...

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), offshore wind farms could supply ... In contrast, Japan’s complex and mountainous terrain, its deep coastal waters, and its earthquakes ...

The weak yen is luring record numbers of visitors to Japan, and the tourism industry ... NHK World visited Shimoda City in Shizuoka Prefecture, a coastal city south of Tokyo, that is banking ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents. By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno ...

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's bird flu outbreak worsened with ... as the government ordered the disinfection of all poultry farms in the country. Highly pathogenic bird flu, most likely brought by ...

It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the agriculture ministry ... the movements of 170,000 birds kept at two other farms within a three-kilometer (1.86-mile) radius.