Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...

Discover one of the three great views at this Japanese bay perfect for travelers who love natural wonders. Here's where to ...

Commercial production of black eggs boiled in the bubbling hot springs of Owakudani began several decades ago—but the ...

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

The ninth edition of the PhotoVogue Festival, focusing on our relationship with the Planet and its inhabitants, has ...

According to a new analysis by AI image-generation company Freepik, Tokyo, Japan, has the most green spaces compared to every ...

Japan has become one of the first countries globally to embrace nature-positive finance, a concept that was first discussed more than half a decade ago with the goal of halting and reversing nature ...

MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--Out of the tragedy of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami came an idea for a life-saving device. A former section chief of Minami-Sanriku town who ...

Tree burials are ideal for those who want to “return to nature” after they die ... A small five-ring pagoda stands at the center, and Japanese cedar and maple trees are used instead of ...