A recent study published in the journal Archaeometry investigates the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese ...

One of Japan’s most successful manga series will be translated into English, 19 years after it began dominating its home ...

Sensei Mikio Toki is a true master. He traveled from Tokyo to D.C. to teach children through the National Cherry Blossom Festival’s Kites in the Classroom program.

Daisen-Oki: The Mountain God’s Realm There was great reverence for the Mountain God in ancient Japanese culture, and the park’s most memorable site, Mount Daisen, was the centre of mountain ...

Many of his films do not take place in the modern day, instead focusing on more ancient Japanese culture and commenting on modern issues through that lens. But Kurosawa's work was often most ...

Simon Kaner, of the University of East Anglia, is a specialist in ancient Japanese culture: 'In Europe we've always assumed that people who've made pottery were farmers, and that it was only ...

There are endless urban centers to visit in Japan beyond Tokyo and Kyoto ... The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up The ancient coexists with the modern in Fukuoka.

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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 ...

Japanese critics say the video game from French developer Ubisoft distorts history and disrespects sacred sites.

14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) people who occupied Japan’s main islands and are known for their distinctive pottery culture ... to help fill in the gap between ancient humans and later inhabitants ...