Japan is known for its hustle-bustle cities, but if you want to escape all the noise and retreat to a tranquil spot, you cannot go wrong with its lesser-known coastal towns ...

Japan completed the world’s first real-time ocean floor earthquake detection system in June 2025, giving 20 seconds more ...

Hoi An ancient town, now part of the Central coastal city of Da Nang, has been named one of the 15 Best Cities in Asia for ...

While it is highly unlikely that cities will go underwater in the near future, according to a NOAA oceanographer specialist, any rise that is two feet or more above the average high tide has the ...

There is a small and rather unremarkable city of 30,000 people in one of Japan’s rather unremarkable prefectures, located around two hours due north by train from Kyoto, called Obama.

It is estimated that the population of 570 coastal cities across the globe will grow to 800 million people by 2050, all of whom will be vulnerable to as much as a 0.5-meter increase in sea level.

Camogli, a picturesque coastal town on the Ligurian Riviera in Italy, has a rich maritime history dating back to ancient times as a fishing village and trading hub. In the late 19th century, its ...