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Pottery vessels observed on the lake floor using NMRI AUV technology, as reported in Latest Development Information on NMRI AUVs (2021).

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Unbroken After 10,000 Years: Lake Biwa in Japan Unveils One of the World’s Oldest Pottery Artifacts

26 November 2025

A team of Japanese researchers has announced a remarkable archaeological discovery at the bottom of Lake Biwa: a nearly intact...

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Knife and Lost Armor: First-Ever Verified Artifacts from Emperor Nintoku’s 5th-Century Kofun Tomb Revealed

13 August 2025

In a discovery that is already rewriting the history of Japan’s ancient Kofun period, researchers have confirmed the existence of...

The gilt bronze sheath containing the ancient spear tip was preserved at Munakata Taisha Shrine in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, as of June 10. Photo: Kengo Hiyoshi

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Intricate Design Revealed on 1100-Year-Old Gold-Inlaid Ritual Spear from Japan’s Island of the Gods

13 June 2025

A recent archaeological breakthrough on Japan’s sacred Okinoshima Island has unveiled an ornately decorated iron spear from the late Kofun...

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2.3-meter sword found in 4th-century tomb in Japan

27 January 2023

The largest bronze mirror and the largest “dako” iron sword in Japan were discovered at the Tomio Maruyama burial mound...

Minegazuka Kofun in Habikino

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Archeologists unearth largest rare wooden “Haniwa” Statue in Japan

10 December 2022

The remains of a 3.5-meter-tall wooden “haniwa” statue have been discovered at one of the “kofun” ancient burial mounds that...