Chinese aircraft conducted surveillance flights over the Philippine Sea near Japan’s southwest islands Monday, according to ...

Experience the magic and clarity of Freediving in Amami Oshima, Japan, where pristine seas and untouched nature await.

Scorching Japanese summer temperatures send people to the water to cool off ― but also result in accidents and deaths every ...

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Hyuga-nada Sea, at a depth of 18.6 miles, triggered a tsunami alert in Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported the quake and the alert.

There are spacious Western rooms on the 29th to 35th floors, while the 28th floor, called Gensui, offers 18 ryokan rooms with ...

The Philippines joined the recently-concluded coast guard drills of the United States and Japan in what experts see as a ...

Snow measured in feet is blanketing parts of Japan this week, with snowfall rates among the highest on record. This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow. What happened ...

Operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu — one of only two such ships in the world dedicated solely to scientific ...

Thursday's quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centered in waters off the eastern coast of Kyushu at a depth of about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) below sea surface, the Japan Meteorological ...

Japan’s coast guard has held a joint exercise with counterparts from the United States and the Philippines, as the three Pacific nations beef up defense cooperation in the face of ...

Paragonaster hoeimaruae, or the Hoei sea star, comes from a family of echinoderms that live in shallow and medium-depth oceans, according to a study published Aug. 2 in the Journal of Natural History.