Yoshiyuki Tamura was living in Tokyo, working at Uniqlo, and had no aspirations of taking over his family’s tea farm back in ...

Onmyodo, an ancient Japanese tradition ... Onmyoji used this knowledge to advise and protect, impacting Japanese history and culture significantly.

Their discoveries, half a century ago on March 21, sparked a boom in studies of ancient Japanese history. Among the best-known pictures is one of noblewomen called “Asuka Beauties.” ...

Studies of ancient Jomon sites in separate areas of Japan show that lifestyles of the ... The Jomon Pottery Culture Period flourished from around 14500 B.C. to 1000 B.C. and boasted distinctive ...

An ancient type ... lake in Japan, but its population has suffered a serious drop because of the introduction of invasive species. Concerned that the local culinary culture will die out, Mamoru ...

an affiliate of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan, the team has spent the last 15 years excavating ruins of the ancient city Buklukale. It's located about 60 kilometers southeast of the ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still ... Hokkaido derives its name from the Okhotsk culture, a collection of communities that migrated throughout ...