and resilience of the women divers, known as Ama, who have been diving for pearls for generations in the coastal waters of Japan. Progressive influencer launches bid to unseat House Democrat Here ...

These women, called ama – Japanese for women ... 100 soundscapes of Japan. A diver adds an abalone to her floating basket during a demonstration at Mikimoto Pearl Island.Credit: iStock At ...

Yoshino Uemura came late to the world of female ama divers, taking the plunge in her 40s ... seaweed and other seafood, and sometimes pearls. They exist only in Japan and South Korea, but in the ...

Japan's storied "ama" prayed for an abundant catch in a ceremony held by these female free divers for decades. This year, however, most of the 80 white-clad participants in the weekend event in ...

The deep crevices etched in Reiko Nomura’s face seem to tell an ancient story, a story of joy and hardship, intimately connected to the sea and a Japanese tradition of female free divers that ...

Short of Female Free Divers, Japanese Sea Festival Turns to Volunteers By Kyung Hoon Kim MINAMIBOSO, Japan (Reuters) - Bearing torches that lit up the night as they swam out into the ocean ...