KANAGAWA--In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins - a popular sushi ingredient - to try and stop them from eating dwindling stocks of ocean seaweed. The country is ...

Japan has used sea plants in various ways, including food sources, dietary supplements, plant fertilizers and medical ...

Seaweed has long been a food staple in Japan. However, a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international attention because of its potential as an eco-friendly supercrop. As it turns ...

Why a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international attention Seaweed has long been a food staple in Japan. However, a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international ...

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 ... in the sea off the coast of Kushimoto ...

particularly those that rely on seaweed. Researcher Kazushige Usui of Kanagawa Prefecture's fisheries technology center began studying Japanese purple sea urchins when the local wild population ...