NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--In the ... Outside of Lake Biwako, droughts due to low rainfall continue, particularly in western Japan, as water draws are being restricted due to low water levels ...

OTSU--Plastic accounts for more than 70 percent of waste on the bottom of Lake Biwako ... in Japan’s largest freshwater body, a survey showed. In the first research of its kind, the Shiga ...

Lake Biwa is the largest body of fresh water in Japan. There's a town, Harie in Shiga Prefecture, on its northwestern shore, with a constant sound of water. Canals run throughout the town ...