New research from the Earth-Life Science Institute at the Institute of Science Tokyo suggests iron-rich ecosystems played a ...

F or the first time ever, 6,000-year-old Japanese fishing nets have been digitally resurrected, revealing a lost era of ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we ...

Bowing is an ancient custom in Japan, considered a sign of respect. The common practice has deep roots in Japanese culture, ...

In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of ...

Now, after a set of fossilized remains was found along a river in Japan, a new species of prehistoric right whale has been discovered.

People clad in the costumes of the ancient masked dance drama called "gigaku" have paraded in Japan's western prefecture of ...

People in Japan's western Prefecture of Nara took part in an ancient performance on Saturday. They donned masks and costumes ...