A plastic bottle cap found off southern Japan reveals a story of survival. The tiny piece of plastic turned out to be home to ...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains limited.

It had eaten algae and young fish that happened to swim in while inside the bottle.

Researchers have traced the journey of a plastic bottle cap recovered near the waters of southern Japan by combining data ...

WAKO, Japan (Reuters) -Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming ...

An oceanic mystery has unfolded with the discovery of a crab in a plastic bottle with an opening too small for the crustacean ...

TOKYO >> Marine waste that has drifted from other Asian countries is causing problems in prefectures along the Sea of Japan. Intergovernmental negotiations held in Switzerland in August sought to ...

How did a large crab end up trapped inside a plastic bottle with an opening smaller than its body? Hiroshima University ...

Plastic litter recovery from rivers is a rather understudied topic in Japan. To tackle this knowledge gap, researchers conducted an in-depth analysis of plastic removal from over 100 important river ...

Plastic pollution is an ever-growing problem in today's world, as most societies have become overly dependent on plastics for packaging, medical supplies, and general goods. Plastic litter ...