World's first autonomous passenger ship to start service in Japan

The initiative is aimed at addressing ship crew shortages and reducing accidents caused by human error.

Nippon Foundation's Sasakawa meets head of Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian church is seeking dialogue with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the honorary chair of the foundation says.

Japan to study sea changes using fishers' data

Japanese catches of major fish species such as salmon and saury have been slumping since around 2010, according to a national fishing industry group.

Nippon Foundation to fund Scottish study of deep-sea 'dark oxygen'

The discovery is attracting attention worldwide as it challenges the conventional scientific consensus that oxygen is produced solely from light through photosynthesis.

Over 200 million metric tons of rare metals found near remote Tokyo island

The sea-bottom mineral concentrations abundantly contain rare metals such as cobalt and nickel — both essential for lithium-ion batteries.

New Seafloor Map Only 25% Done, with 6 Years to Go

Beneath the waves, the vast majority of the ocean is unknown. Seabed 2030 is using cutting-edge technologies to fill in the bathymetric blanks and fully map the seafloor.

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Almost half of young people in Japan have had suicidal thoughts, survey finds

About 56% of those who had suicidal thoughts did not speak to anyone about it, while 12.4% of people said they opened up to friends and 11.7% to their mothers.