This ancient population were farmers, and their time in the Japanese archipelago – between 300 and 700 AD – is associated with the introduction of rice cultivation to the country. A new study by ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have extracted Ancient DNA from human bones to re-write early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic ...

It is the earliest record of the language, customs, mythology, and history of ancient Japan, and soon after the date of its compilation, as Mr. Chamberlain points out, most of the salient features ...

Researchers have revealed a previously unconfirmed third group of ancestors for modern-day Japanese populations, after analyzing ancient bones found in Japan.

Boleslaw Szczesniak, Some Revisions of the Ancient Japanese Chronology Ôjin Tennô Period, Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 8, No. 1/2 (1952), pp. 1-14 ...

In the quiet soil of Saitama prefecture, two clay statues waited for 1,500 years silent, wide-eyed, and bent in stance as if ...

A 1,500-year-old tomb containing human remains and armor has been found in surprisingly good condition, according to Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun. Found in the city of Shibushi, located on ...

Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

TOKYO, Japan — In Narita City, just east of Tokyo, one of the oldest Japanese martial arts skills is still being taught. "This teaching is called Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu," said Otake Risuke. ...