This documentary highlights three years in the life of Ms RYAN Eehon She came to Japan after the Korean War from Cheju Island South Korea and now lives alone in Osaka She was born in 1916 and is 87 ...

Nearly a minute has passed yet the sea in front of us remains still, save for a ring-shaped life preserver bobbing upon its surface. Inside it is a mesh net, known as a sukari, filled with red, yellow ...

In a coastal hut in Mie Prefecture, a charcoal fire burns at the center as ama — "sea woman" in Japanese, who make a living by free-diving for seafood — warm their hands, or grill fresh catch for ...

Bisson at work in Japan. Photo of a displayed image by Matt Coker To say the subject of Devyn Bisson’s sophomore project as a filmmaker is unexpected would be an understatement. While in Japan, the ...

MINAMIBOSO, Japan, July 22 (Reuters) - Bearing torches that lit up the night as they swam out into the ocean, Japan's storied "ama" prayed for an abundant catch in a ceremony held by these female free ...

This Minnesota teen never flew on a plane before. Then, a free program dropped her and 9 others into Times Square ...

The Ama are female freedivers who have gathered pearls, lobsters and shellfish in Japan's coastal waters for millennia, and who feature heavily in local folklore. There were some 6,000 of these "women ...