14 January 2022
Artifacts discovered in the ruins of structures associated with warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s 1590 Siege of Odawara may be prototypes of...
23 August 2021
Are wars part of human nature? Do people tend to fight instinctively or do they war as a result of...
2 July 2021
Born into the aristocratic Fujiwara clan, this extraordinary woman first ascended to the throne as Empress Kōken and became the...
1 July 2021
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest building remains ever found at the former site of the Heijokyu palace in the...
24 June 2021
In a paper published today, Oxford-led researchers reveal their discovery of a 3,000-year-old victim—attacked by a shark in the Seto...
20 June 2021
Japanese and Persian ancient ties go back to the 7th century. Silk Road connected Japan with countries and regions far...
26 May 2021
An international advisory panel has recommended that a group of ruins from the ancient Jomon period in northern Japan is...
16 May 2021
Long before the Western World began to consider Samurai warriors male by nature, there were female samurai. These female samurai...
30 April 2021
Yamatosaurus Izanagii, a new genus, and species of hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur have been discovered on one of Japan’s southern...
27 February 2021
In Japan, the suppression of Christianity increased from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th...
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