The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human relatives.

The private garden off the grand room reserved for dignitaries at the ancient Japanese Heritage Shōya House which opens to the public tomorrow at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical ...

Japanese carpenters have been building elaborate shrines by hand for more than a millennium. A new exhibit shows the extraordinary tools and joints behind these extraordinary buildings. Since the 7th ...

Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They ...

DR. NEIL GORDON MUNRO has been well known for a good many years to all interested in things Japanese as an earnest and industrious student and investigator in the field of the archæology of the Land ...

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In an ancient ceremony, Japan's new emperor Naruhito formally ascended to the throne Tuesday (October 22). While he officially began his rein in May, only now, through a series of rituals called the ...