A water shortage hitting Japan's hot springs has resulted in a number of restrictions in a bid to reduce consumption.

The discharge of treated water from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) is proceeding in line with international safety standards, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...

But not every pool of heated water qualifies as an onsen. Japan has strict laws governing one of the country’s most iconic activities, widely considered a natural treasure. Onsen water is heated ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), along with experts from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland, collected samples today of ALPS ...

The Japanese government will begin releasing treated and diluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean as early as Thursday. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric ...

A panel of experts at the Environment Ministry is discussing changes to Japan's drinking water standards to protect the public from harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as ...

Some regions of Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, face the possibility of water shortages due to scarce rainfall and scorching heat. Tropical temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius ...

Japanese people know all about the Kappa - a slippery water demon from ancient folklore. The pond and river-dwelling monsters are typically depicted as human-like but with the scaly green or blue ...

SHANGHAI—Chinese boats are catching fish in what Beijing calls “Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water” for distribution in China, while the same marine products caught in the same area by ...

China independently collected the samples in October last year and February, after the Japanese government unilaterally started discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean on Aug 24 ...

The government of Japan has approved almost $18 million in grants to expand a major Phnom Penh water supply system and establish a land registration network. Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Ueno ...