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

Near Bentfeld, Germany, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old wooden well, initially mistaken for a livestock watering ...

An American tourist on Tuesday caused significant damage to a 761-year-old temple in Japan. The unnamed suspect, described as intoxicated, forced his way inside Shoden Eigen‑in Temple through a rear ...

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 ...

Island are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to unsolved mysteries The world’s most mysterious secrets Ancient ...

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 ...