Eighteen months after having a cesarean birth, a "dinner plate-sized" surgical tool was found inside a woman's abdomen in ...

A viral video of a rare oarfish surfacing in Mexico has reignited fears linked to Japanese folklore, which considers the deep ...

Sitting down to a spread of beautifully presented kaiseki delicacies in a private room at a hotel in the foothills of the Japan Alps, I’m prepared to forget that I’m on a walking holiday. Guided ...

Japan warns of a catastrophic megaquake along the Nankai Trough, with the potential to trigger massive tsunamis, destroy ...

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of transshipment, in which ...

An old video of a camera footage catching a ‘bright fast-moving object’ deep in the sea allegedly ‘off the coast of Japan’ ...

While the word "lantern" may evoke images of red lanterns drifting skyward, like those in Taiwan's Shifen, the lanterns found at the Taoyuan festival more closely resemble the massive floats of Nebuta ...

Across diverse regions in Toyama Prefecture, there are many seasonal ingredients that herald the arrival of spring. One of ...

Europe is looking for alternatives to animal protein consumption: is edible seaweed an option? In Denmark, researchers at AlgaeFood, a European interregional project, are convinced. In addition to ...

Near a village in northeastern India, a “dwarf”-like creature with a “large” mouth swam through the river — or tried to, at ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...