In the 1980s, Norway started selling salmon, one of its major exports, to Japan because that island nation was facing ... which had declared its independence. There’s a small fishing village called ...

Rivers in Finland and Sweden are a refuge for Europe's threatened wild salmon. The countries are jointly protecting the ...

Tokyo (AFP) – New coach Nils Nielsen declared Wednesday that Japan can win the Women's World Cup for a second time and vowed to restore the 2011 champions to their former glories. The 53-year ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Set net fishing for salmon, where nets are dropped along migrating fish routes, is at its seasonal peak off the Shiretoko Peninsula on the eastern point of Japan’s northernmost ...

Twenty years ago, only about 8% of Japanese prosecutors were women. By 2018, that number rose to nearly a third of newly hired prosecutors. This year, the male-female ratio reached 50-50 ...

This year, the animal kingdom was filled with triumph, loss and new discoveries. Here is a look at NPR's top animal stories ...

Toyosu, where Mr Yamazaki has worked since it opened, is the biggest fish market in the world. It employs around 42,000 ...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2024. Albertsons Companies’ stores – Safeway, Albertsons, ...

While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises. "The Ursids are generally a sparse ...