A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a ...

Now, a research team has discovered that the mysterious seaweed, which had been thought to be found only in Hawaii, has made its way into Japanese waters. However, it remains unknown how the ...

Eating seaweed could help prevent Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers in Japan, where the highly nutritious plant has long been a staple crop. A team from Osaka Metropolitan University ...

which can be sold and bought on a trial basis under a newly introduced system. Starting in fiscal 2020, the Japan Blue Economy (JBE) Association began looking at efforts to reconstruct seaweed ...