The Japanese government on Tuesday asked a Tokyo municipality for consent to conduct a survey to determine the suitability of ...

Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for ...

Japan's government has asked permission for a survey to be conducted on an island in the Pacific Ocean to choose a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Minamitorishima Island, about 1,900 kilometers southeast of central Tokyo, has no civilian population, with its only ...

The government is seeking to conduct an initial survey on Minamitorishima island— Japan’s easternmost island — as a possible ...

Minamitori Island, about 1,900 kilometres southeast of central Tokyo, has no civilian population, with its only inhabitants being Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force members and government personnel.

When China banned the import of used plastics in late 2017, the move threw recycling programs worldwide into turmoil. China was the world’s top importer of plastic waste. Cities worldwide had fallen ...

HORONOBE, Japan (AP) — Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan’s northern tip. Underground it’s a different story. Workers and scientists ...

This is especially true, she adds, given that Japan imports Japan imports 63% of its food from abroad. In addition to the wasted money and resources food loss represents, it also contributes to ...