An enormous amount of debris has been found across a wide swath of waters off western Japan following recent torrential rains that devastated the region with landslides and flooding, land ministry officials said Thursday.The amount of debris could be the largest on record originating from heavy rains in Japan and is starting to have a negative impact on the fisheries industry.A total of 5,115 cubic meters of driftwood and marine debris have been retrieved by five regional bureaus of the ministry in the central, western and southwestern Japan from July 8 to Tuesday.The amount collected so fa…READ FULL ARTICLE
