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Hideki Uyama, Japan's ambassador in charge of the 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting held in Hiroshima this month, speaks during a news conference in the city on Thursday.
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May 22, 2026
Antarctic Treaty meeting in Hiroshima fails to reach accord
The impact of geopolitical rifts on the meeting could not be denied, Japan¡¯s ambassador in charge of the gathering said.
Penguins are seen on an iceberg as scientists investigate the impact of climate change on Antarctica's penguin colonies, on the northern side of the Antarctic peninsula in 2022.
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May 12, 2026
Emperor penguins in focus as Antarctic talks start in Japan
Officials from the nearly 60 countries signatory to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region.
Japan's Antarctic research vessel Shirase is berthed off Showa Station in Antarctica on Saturday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Dec 29, 2025
Japan¡¯s research vessel berths near Antarctic Showa Station
The Shirase began transferring fuel, observation equipment and other supplies to the research base on Saturday night.
The RRS Sir David Attenborough, moored in Harwich, eastern England, on Oct. 6 ahead of the ship's departure to undertake research in the Antarctic later in the month as part of British Antarctic Survey
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 13, 2025
U.K. spearheads polar climate change research as U.S. draws back
Britain¡¯s RRS Sir David Attenborough will aid research on everything from ¡°hunting underwater tsunamis¡± to tracking glacier melt and whale populations.
A group of scientists have found an astonishing diversity of microorganisms in tiny pools of melted ice in Antarctica, suggesting that life could have ridden out several ice ages in similar ponds.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 21, 2025
How did life survive ¡®Snowball Earth¡¯? In ponds, study suggests.
A group of scientists have found an astonishing diversity of microorganisms in tiny pools of melted ice in Antarctica.
The A23a iceberg is seen in the waters of the Southern Ocean off Antarctica on Jan. 14.
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science
Jan 25, 2025
Mega-iceberg drifts toward Antarctic penguin island
The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South Atlantic.
The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrived at Japan's Antarctic research base on Tuesday.
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Jan 2, 2025
Japanese icebreaker Shirase reaches Showa Station in Antarctica
Goods and fuel will be transported to the base from the Shirase using snowmobiles following the arrival.
Mitsumu Ejiri, selected as the first female leader of the wintering team of a Japanese Antarctic research expedition, speaks to the media at the education ministry on Monday.
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Oct 29, 2024
Japan selects first woman to lead Antarctic research wintering team
Mitsumu Ejiri is slated to leave for Antarctica in autumn next year and return to Japan in spring 2027.
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's ¡°String Quartet No. 1 ¡®Polar Energy Budget¡¯¡± by the PRT Quartet
CULTURE / Music / OUR PLANET
May 7, 2024
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
Hiroto Nagai has sonified polar climate data, resulting in a string quartet piece that he thinks can get people to care more about what the data expresses.
Chinstrap penguins in Orne Harbour in the western Antarctic peninsula in March 2016
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Dec 1, 2023
Antarctic chinstrap penguins get by on just secondslong micronaps
Falling asleep while guarding a nest can spell doom for the eggs and later the chicks, but the species has an ingenious way of getting enough sleep.
A Satellite image shows the world's largest iceberg, named A23a, in Antarctica on Nov. 15.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2023
World¡¯s largest iceberg breaks free and heads toward Southern Ocean
At almost 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York City.
People attend the launch ceremony of China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, at a shipyard in Shanghai in 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2023
Biggest Chinese Antarctic fleet sets off to build research station
The vessels ¡ª the largest flotilla deployed by Beijing to the Antarctic ¡ª will focus on building China¡¯s fifth station on the continent.
An iceberg in the Weddell Sea, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers say they have detected buried under the continent's ice sheet a vast ancient landscape.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2023
Ancient landscape formed by rivers seen deep under Antarctic ice
Researchers say they have detected buried under the continent¡¯s ice sheet a vast ancient landscape, replete with valleys and ridges.
The bird flu virus was most likely brought by birds returning from their migration to South America, where there has been a huge number of cases, British experts have said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2023
Bird flu detected in Antarctica region for first time
Scientists had been fearing that the worst outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza would reach Antarctica, a key breeding ground for many birds.
Emperor penguin chicks perished at multiple breeding grounds in Antarctica last year, drowning or freezing to death when sea ice was eroded by global warming.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2023
Our addiction to fossil fuels is killing baby penguins
Global warming is decimating sea ice and, with it, baby penguins. But why should we care about this and other species dying off?
National Forest and Wild Fauna Service personnel check on a sea lion, amidst rising cases bird flu infections in Peru in February 2023.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2023
After racing across continents, bird flu threatens Antarctica
Unlike earlier versions of bird flu, H5N1 has also spread widely in wild birds and routinely spilled over into wild mammals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2022
Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise, study says
Regardless of any future fossil fuel pollution, warming to date will cause the Greenland ice sheet to shed 3.3% of its volume, committing 27.4 centimeters to sea level rise.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2022
Thinning Antarctic ice shelf finally crumbles after heat wave
Satellite images show the 1,200 square-kilometer Conger Ice Shelf in east Antarctica collapsed completely on or around March 15.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Mar 17, 2022
Seals help Japanese researchers collect data under Antarctic ice
The seals were equipped with a head-mounted conductivity, temperature and depth sensor between March and November 2017, allowing scientists to collect observation data.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2022
Burgeoning krill fishery may threaten marine wildlife in the Antarctic
The icy waters off Antarctica are estimated to hold between 300 million and 500 million tons of krill ¡ª nearly as heavy as all of the world¡¯s cattle.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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