The legally binding treaty was officially adopted as international law on Thursday, with Japan – a country notorious for mercury poisoning – becoming one of the first signatories.

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector. Emissions from the world’s fourth-largest economy slipped 2.3% in the year ending March 2023 ...

Hikers will have to pay to climb up Mount Fuji using any of its four main paths starting from this summer. Under a new bill passed on Monday, an entry fee of ¥4,000 (€24.70) will be introduced ...

An Italian court on Thursday found three Japanese nationals, including an ex-executive of a former subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., guilty over polluting water with PFAS, often referred to as ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a novel plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, potentially mitigating microplastic pollution. Created from sodium hexametaphosphate and guanidinium ...

Water tanks containing contaminated water that has been treated at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan on Jan. 25, 2019.