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NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the public response in Japan to the sinking of their fishing trawler off the coast of Hawaii last week. Japanese anger has intensified in recent days since the revelation of the involvement of a U.S. Navy admiral who has made controversial remarks about the Japanese in the past.

Many older houses along the coast have what are usually described as a "widow's walk." But, contrary to popular belief, these may have been built as much for fighting chimney fires as they were for catching a first glimpse of returning seafarers.

We explore the tsunami's impact on the small village of Ondachchimadam, on the east coast of Sri Lanka. NPR will revisit the village periodically over the next year to chart its progress in the tragedy's aftermath. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

The Aceh region of Indonesia, at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was one of the hardest-hit areas of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami. The city of Bande Aceh is all but destroyed, and in smaller towns along the coast the death toll continues to grow. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

As drug traffickers and the Guatemalan navy battle for control of the seas off that country's Pacific coast, fishermen are making illegal but lucrative catches.

The Central Coast community of Big Sur has been split in two for more than a month now. Along Highway 1 there are active mudslides to the south and to

California has gotten the best marks in the nation when it comes to protecting the coast. That's according to the latest Surfrider Foundation State-of-the-Beach survey.

Scientists are hoping to create an early-warning system for earthquakes on the West Coast.

Lobster fishermen along our California’s Central Coast are having trouble selling their catch as China halts animal imports.

Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely affluent Pacific coast town.