At the start of each fishing season, ama gather to pray for safety and a bountiful harvest. In coastal shrines, they offer ...

The Haenyeo, an all-female group of divers on South Korea’s Jeju Island, spend much of their lives underwater without ...

KUJI, Iwate Prefecture--“Ama” divers are back in business after a ... as a locale in “Ama-chan,” a serial drama aired by Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). With a rerun currently airing ...

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Sending scuba divers down to survey corals is time-consuming and expensive. In recent years, scientists have developed other ...

to support the clandestine insertion and extraction of combat divers, an industry official has confirmed. Speaking to Janes at the DSEI Japan 2025 show in Chiba on 22 May, Andreas Stevens ...

The haenyeo divers have been described as "mermaids" by the BBC. It had previously been assumed that their astonishing abilities were the product of lifelong training. But a new study has found ...

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