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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Oct 25, 2026
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
At a global conference in smog-hit Malaysia, scientists outlined how the Earth’s natural systems are buckling due to warming.
Dead coral on a beach off the coast of India's Nadu state in September. Almost all shallow-water coral reefs around the world are at "extremely high risk" of disappearing by 2075 due to climate change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 22, 2026
Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years: IUCN
In its first global assessment, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96% of coral reef systems as “critically endangered.”
Casper Moller, who runs an Arctic tourism boat service company, looks at a floating ice block near Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 30.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 30, 2026
Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats, research shows
As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometers per decade since 1979.
The newly completed Arctic research vessel Mirai II will be delivered to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology on Dec. 18.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
91AV原创 new arctic research vessel set to arrive in December
Mirai II will replace the 8,700-ton Mirai, which was decommissioned in December last year.
An octopus and a fish at Porthkerris reef off Cornwall, England, in August of last year
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Sep 29, 2026
How Europe’s intensifying marine heat waves threaten its fisheries
Species that have sustained coastal communities in Spain and southern England for generations are disappearing.
Rescue crew members on Wednesday carry a body bag containing a victim of the Virgo Transport 8 ferry, which capsized in the Java Sea on Sept. 13.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2026
Death toll from capsized ship in Indonesia rises to 26 with 109 missing
The ferry was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, as well as an unknown number of vehicles, when it capsized in bad weather .
Ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, 88, said Tuesday he will try to sail solo and nonstop across the Pacific Ocean by yacht next spring.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2026
Kenichi Horie, 88, to sail solo across Pacific Ocean — again
If successful, Kenichi Horie will break the world record for the oldest person to complete such a feat, a record he himself set at age 83.
Ocean waves off Cape Disappointment in Washington state in January 2023. The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 21.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Highest-ever ocean temperature recorded as super El Nino forms
The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 21.1 degrees Celsius on Aug. 22, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus.
The fishers of Fukushima Prefecture say that while backlash from domestic consumers hasn’t been as severe as feared, the effect of treated water releases into their fishing grounds has led to bigger problems with overseas markets.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2026
Three years on, Fukushima’s fishers still deal with impact of treated water release
Three years after the first release of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the region’s fisheries say long-term solutions have yet to materialize.
People gather at the beach at Joss Bay as temperatures climb over the bank holiday weekend due to a heat dome spreading across the region, in Broadstairs, Britain, on May 24.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 19, 2026
Ocean heat waves threaten to supercharge storm season in Europe
Parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the European Atlantic coast have recorded surface temperatures that were more than 6 degrees Celsius?hotter than normal for the month of June.
Japanese fishers have called for an expansion in the quota for Pacific bluefin tuna as they have had to scale down their operations or release some of their catches to abide by the current cap.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2026
International commission on Pacific bluefin tuna to raise catch quota by 25%
Japanese fishers have called for an expansion in the quota as they have had to scale down their operations or release some of their catches to abide by the current cap.
Plastic waste seen at the Fujimae tidal flat in Nagoya
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / Regional Voices: Chubu
Aug 17, 2026
Tidal flat in Nagoya hit by plastic waste pollution
The amount of plastic waste at the tidal flat — a protected wetland hosting diverse wildlife — has researchers concerned about its effect on the ecosystem.
Satellite view of Minamitorishima, part of the Ogasawara Islands.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2026
U.S. and Japan plan world’s deepest undersea mine to challenge China
A tiny Japanese island sits astride deep-sea rare earth deposits — ones that could “meet centuries’ worth of industrial demand,” a U.S.-Japan statement said.
A large drill is seen on the deep-sea drilling ship Chikyu off the coast of Minamitorishima island, a coral atoll some 1,900 kilometers from Tokyo, in this image released Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 25, 2026
Japan identifies large share of rare earths in deep-sea mud off remote island
An analysis of mud from off Minamitorishima island found medium and heavy rare earth elements accounted for about 54% of the total rare earth content.
A plastic bottle cap about 3.5 centimeters in diameter, where polychaete worms built a nest out of small pebbles. It drifted from the coast of the Philippines and was recovered off Kochi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2026
Researchers find tiny marine ecosystem — population 307 — in a bottle cap
The discovery shows that a large amount of plastic waste floating in the sea can become small ships of organisms, according to a Japanese research team.
An international conference to discuss Pacific bluefin tuna catch quotas ended in host city Nagasaki on Tuesday without an agreement being reached.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2026
International conference on bluefin tuna fails to strike agreement
Japan called for increasing the overall catch quota for large bluefin tuna in the western and central Pacific to 14,836 tons from the current 11,869 tons.
Fishermen in Japan have reported an abnormal surge in the number of the once-endangered bluefin tuna ?in surrounding waters this year in what experts say may be partly due to changing migratory patterns linked to climate change.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2026
Bumper haul of Pacific bluefin tuna a double-edged sword for 91AV原创 fishermen
Climate change may be altering marine life, with serious consequences for those whose livelihoods have long depended on the sea.
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Jul 5, 2026
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
As sea temperatures rise, the prefecture’s ubiquitous mozuku is under threat. Scientists believe they are close to a breakthrough to protect the staple.
A man carrying a child stands in the Pacific Ocean near the Mexico-U.S. border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 30.
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 1, 2026
World’s oceans break June heat record, EU monitor says
Global average sea surface temperatures in June were 20.98 C, beating the previous records of 2023 and 2024.
A television screen shows a news report on patrol and law?enforcement operations around Taiwan conducted by the China Coast Guard, at a restaurant in Beijing in late December.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 30, 2026
More than a boundary: Why Japan-Philippines maritime talks matter for China
Beijing says the talks infringe on maritime rights it claims through Taiwan and sees discussions as part of a broader effort by Manila and Tokyo to deepen strategic coordination.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru&#039;s Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan&#039;s immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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