Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. Healthy ...

According to a new study, almost all of the Sekiseishoko coral reef has been bleached. It's no surprise that the world's coral reefs are in bad shape, but the Japanese environment ministry just shared ...

When asked to comment on the presence of a Chinese maritime research ship in waters near Okinotori Reef, which the Japan Coast Guard claims as part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and thus ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived for centuries. Slowly, layer by layer, they have constructed intricate, rigid ...

This picture taken on May 6, 2013 shows fishing vessels setting sail for the Spratly Islands, an archipelago disputed between China and other countries including Vietnam and the Philippines, from ...

On a shallow reef off the coast of Japan, a small fish was found to belong to a new species. Oleksandr Sushko via Unsplash In the shallow reefs off the coast of southwestern Japan, a small fish ...

Japan has a vibrant surfing culture, with tanned surfers sporting bleached hair seen even in the coldest months of winter at Shonan beach near Tokyo. But hardcore surfing aficionados tend to head ...

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Japan’s largest coral reef system has become the latest casualty in a long series of coral bleaching events around the world. More than 90 percent of coral in the Sekisei Lagoon, located in the ...

Japan's biggest coral reef is facing disaster from rising ocean temperature with the bulk of it having gone dead due to coral bleaching. This was disclosed by the environment ministry of Japan, which ...