The city of Minamata has been restoring its marine environment and image decades after a tragic industrial disaster. A rare seahorse is among the creatures attracting visitors to the city.

Eugene Smith, The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ... Freeing the eight-square-mile island from Japanese occupation came at a high price. Some 20,000 Marines and other U.S. military personnel ...

history and lessons of Minamata disease. Renewed efforts are necessary." (Japanese original by Noriaki Kinoshita, Niigata Bureau) ...

Corporate Giants discusses how nurturing a new generation of high-growth innovative companies can contribute to Japan’s revival. Katz is a special correspondent for Toyo Keizai. Noah Smith’s ...

Minamata, Kumamoto 867-0008, Japan # Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan ∇ Nagasaki University, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan ...

A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease as hereditary in its online study material, a description that drew strong ...

Japan offers to buy 1 trillion yen in chips during U.S. tariff talks Okinawa sisters set to perform traditional dance at Carnegie Hall 70% of new type ‘professional universities’ under-enrolled ...

Tommie Eugene Smith, 92, of Dillsboro, IN (formerly of Rising Sun) passed away on Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 at The Waters of Dillsboro. Tom was born in Pecks Mill, WV on June 19, 1932, a son of the ...

"We’ve had people say that we’ve picked up the wrong person, but no one has made a statement that Willard Eugene Smith was not at the service, which makes me feel like he’s still in the area ...