Hidden beneath the waters surrounding Japan’s Yonaguni island are the towering ruins of a 10,000-year-old city built by a ...

Recent scientific research uncovered evidence of a tsunami that occurred over 100 million years ago in northern Japan. Amber ...

Amber deposits found in ancient deep-sea sediment may represent one of the oldest records to date of a tsunami, suggests ...

AWARA, Fukui -- Of the places across Japan that resemble the world of Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Laputa: Castle in the Sky," the rare view of the lofty Echizen Ono Castle floating atop low ...

shows beyond a doubt that the bones are from an ancient brown bear, Suwa said in an email. He added that the bones of bears were rarely found in archaeological sites in Japan from this time ...

Yakushima’s most iconic feature is undoubtedly its ancient 1,000-year-old “Yakusugi ... It is part of the series "Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan," which depicts various ...