Expanding on earlier visits to Japan to learn about scallop-growing techniques, 15 aquaculture and fisheries experts from Maine are headed back to study the Japanese wild and farm-raised kelp industry ...

Japan is planning to send in its army to help fight bears after a spate of killings by the wild beasts. Some 73 people have been killed or injured by the animals this month in the area of Akita, in ...

Discover Japan's two northern Natural World Heritage areas, including Shiretoko, a peninsula known for its rich marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Photograph by World Natural Heritage in Japan With ...

Straddling four tectonic plates, Japan’s landscape buckles and ruptures at the whims of the fiery Pacific Rim. The result is dramatic: a beautiful, ever-changing crust that concertinas, gurgles and ...