Too much plastic

Too much plastic

Japan produces more plastic garbage than it can process domestically, so some ends up as microplastics in the country's ...

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Onagawa No.1 reactor to be decommissioned

Onagawa No.1 reactor to be decommissioned

Tohoku Electric announces its aging Onagawa No.1 reactor is to be decommissioned.

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Japan, China mark 40 years of treaty

Japan, China mark 40 years of treaty

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets China's leaders in Beijing to mark 40 years of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship.

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Dolphins enliven Toyama coast

Dolphins enliven Toyama coast

A pod of dolphins swim just off the Japan Sea coast.

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