In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, ...

In 2024, natural disasters devastated the fishing grounds of the ama (free divers) in Wajima, Noto. We follow their efforts to survey the seabed and revive their tradition. 170 ama (free divers) ...

Researcher SCUBA diving off Sugashima Island discovered a new amphipod species living on the tentacles of a file clam, a study said. Hiroki Nakajima Just off Sugashima Island off the coast of Japan, ...

Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains, and a Japanese group helping search for the remains said they are certain to belong to about 180 ...

The "Ama no Daiyaei" event, in which female divers swim in the sea at night carrying torches, took place on July 19 in the city of Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture. "Ama" is a woman who dives into the sea ...

Nowhere is Japan’s deep connection to the sea more apparent than in the Ise-Shima region of Mie Prefecture. While most visitors are drawn inland to the Ise Grand Shrine, Shinto’s holiest place of ...

TOKYO – When I joined The Straits Times in June 2012 as a rookie journalist, I had no aspirations or illusions of becoming a foreign correspondent, let alone in a country I barely knew or felt any ...

In a coastal hut in Mie Prefecture, a charcoal fire burns at the center as ama — "sea woman" in Japanese, who make a living by free-diving for seafood — warm their hands, or grill fresh catch for ...

German maritime special operations forces (SOF) are set to receive a single delivery of diver propulsion devices (DPDs) to support the clandestine insertion and extraction of combat divers, an ...

When it first arrived on the watch scene in the early aughts, Seiko’s Prospex SKX779 dive watch drove a wedge through the middle of the watch enthusiast space. Some found its bizarre, chunky ...

Ise-Shima, Japan (CNN) — Aiko Ohno dives down in the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, scanning the rocky seabed for urchins and turban shells. Three meters deep, she swims with ease ...