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Endangered Whales Are Being Sold as Dog Treats to Rich People in Japan

Endangered Whales Are Being Sold as Dog Treats to Rich People in Japan

May 30, 2013

Consumption of whale in countries like Japan and Iceland was already a contentious issue, before a coalition of NGOs revealed that a Tokyo-based company is selling more…

Tensions Flare in Asian Seas, Now Involving Taiwan

Tensions Flare in Asian Seas, Now Involving Taiwan

May 22, 2013

The world is growing used to reports of aggressive diplomatic and military behavior by China over ownership of the South China Sea and the East more…

Double-Secret Training For America’s Feuding Asian Allies

Double-Secret Training For America’s Feuding Asian Allies

May 17, 2013

Even as Japan and South Korea engage in another round of trash-talk over historical issues, they are quietly – very, very quietly – continuing to cooperate on the high more…

Japanese are Selling a Bluefin Tuna Toys

Japanese are Selling a Bluefin Tuna Toys

May 14, 2013

When I was a kid I loved building models. I mean, the decals were rarely on straight and my paint jobs weren't the best, but more…

Could Methane Hydrate Mined from the Ocean Floor Solve Tokyo’s Energy Crisis?

Could Methane Hydrate Mined from the Ocean Floor Solve Tokyo’s Energy Crisis?

May 13, 2013

After 10 years of research, Japanese engineers have extracted offshore methane hydrate from beneath the ocean floor. The substance, more commonly called flammable ice, is more…

LED Device Allows Divers to Talk Under Water

LED Device Allows Divers to Talk Under Water

April 30, 2013

A company in Okinawa Prefecture has developed the world's first communications device that enables divers to "talk" with one another below the surface using light more…

Japan Aquarium Shows Mysterious Clear-Blood Fish

Japan Aquarium Shows Mysterious Clear-Blood Fish

April 8, 2013

AFP: The deep oceans have yielded many mysteries that have puzzled people for centuries, from the giant squid to huge jellyfish that look like UFOs. more…

Live Fish Found In Likely Tsunami Debris

Live Fish Found In Likely Tsunami Debris

April 8, 2013

LiveScience: The strangest stowaways yet have arrived on U.S. shores via debris possibly from the 2011 Japan tsunami: Live fish. The fish, which live off the more…

Developed countries’ subsidies for high-seas fishing ‘make no sense’

Developed countries’ subsidies for high-seas fishing ‘make no sense’

March 25, 2013

BDLive: The European Union (EU) and developed countries such as the US and Japan are providing subsidies totalling $27bn a year for companies to fish more…

Japan becomes first nation to extract ‘frozen gas’ from seabed

Japan becomes first nation to extract ‘frozen gas’ from seabed

March 13, 2013

Guardian: Successful extraction from frozen methane hydrate deposits is the first example of production of the gas offshore. Japan has successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane more…