The skeleton panda sea squirt is a species that’s been newly-identified in Japan. The unusual creatures are tiny, measuring ...

The latest chapter in Tim Liu’s culinary story has landed near SeaWorld. Appropriate, since its Pisces-inspired name hints at ...

China and Russia, America’s top two global adversaries, are working together as never before, probing the defenses of the U.S ...

Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture's negative impacts on ...

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OSLO—The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony gave both Norwegian and Japanese citizens an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of making “orizuru” folded-paper cranes, a symbol of prayers for peace ...

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To hear the cook, writer and teacher Sonoko Sakai tell it, “1955 is the year my mother was liberated.” Several things ...

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"Our story is set in the lands surrounding Mount Yotei," the blog details, "a towering peak in the heart of Ezo, an area of Japan known as Hokkaido in the present day." Interestingly, the setting ...