E and reduced mud in the Yoro tidal flat, Japan, Marine Pollution Bulletin (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116977 Provided by Toho University ...

Japan is second only to the United States in the amount of plastic packaging waste generated per capita and has, at the same time, been plagued by marine plastic pollution. A goal to reduce ...

A poll in 2021 showed that there was an increasing desire within the Japanese population to see plastics pollution reduced ... but they last indefinitely in the ocean, where they can be ...

Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ways. Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading ...

Working to stop harmful marine pollution at the source. © Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly ...

Plastic pollution remains a global concern these days, and Japan is among the countries grappling with its challenges.

In 2021, the Japanese government banned the manufacturing ... were detected in the area near U.S. Kadena Air Base and U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The Okinawa prefectural government ...

All that pollution on beaches and in the ocean is harmful to both marine life and humans. So Adidas is trying to stop some of that plastic before it reaches the ocean. In 2015, Adidas partnered ...