Japan’s landscape is often described as mountainous, narrow, and shaped by water. Rivers cut through that landscape in dramatic ways, sometimes fast and unpredictable, sometimes calm and deeply ...

A river in western Japan suddenly turned bright lime green Wednesday morning, concerning locals and prompting a quick investigation. Video shared on social media and obtained by Reuters shows a local ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Japan is a country of rivers – more than 21,000 of them. A new book by Roderick Wilson, a history professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examines the relationships ...

The distribution of Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) at the northern edge of the species' range appears to be shaped by river water temperature, which is influenced by watershed geology and land use.

For centuries, Japanese folklore warned travelers about the kawauso lurking along quiet riverbanks at night. Locals feared and loved these mysterious river otters as shape-shifting yōkai, ranking them ...