Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

The well, along with other artifacts, offers insights into the region's ancient past. The site also revealed a Roman military ...

Lafcadio Hearn, aka Koizumi Yakumo, began his life in Greece, but became one of the most important international literary ...

The sacred camphor tree at Kinomiya Shrine in Atami is no ordinary timber. Estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, it is ...

Keidanren, Japan’s largest business lobby, says the status quo “hinders women’s advancement”. Campaigners are not stopping ...

A Japanese team has concluded that it was possible to travel from Taiwan to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in a ...

The finished dugout canoe before departure, with leaf wave guards at the bow ( right) and stern ( left ). Vertical sticks at ...

Five paddlers completed a journey from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, across some of the world's fastest oceanic currents, ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology's warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...