Kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. and eschews nails in favor of perfectly cut pieces that notch ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...

Places in Japan like Shizuoka, Kochi, and Wakayama would be the most vulnerable. But a rupture or a tsunami would not be the last of the problems in this geography. Experts at Tohoku and Kyoto ...

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

[Photo by Ye Yilin / for chinadaily.com.cn] Eighty-year-old Chen Feng has voluntarily safeguarded the tombs of ancient Japanese at a cemetery in Fuzhou, Fujian province, for over two decades.

Chen Feng, 80, cleans fallen leaves at Fuzhou Ryukyu Cemetery in Fuzhou, Fujian province. [Photo by Ye Yilin / for chinadaily.com.cn] Fuzhou and Naha (the capital of Okinawa) became sister cities ...

After nearly 90 hours in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, I find myself looking back at how the franchise’s fans lamented that Sucker Punch beat Ubisoft to the punch in creating a game based in ancient Japan ...

A staple of Japanese cuisine, miso soup has a long history that goes back over a thousand years. Miso paste came to Japan from China, introduced by Buddhist monks. It eventually morphed into the ...

Guga Foods This Ancient Japanese Fungus Transformed My Steak Posted: April 1, 2025 | Last updated: April 1, 2025 Most dry-aged steaks take weeks to develop deep, beefy flavor. I tried to do it in ...

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood". It's a hot and muggy summer day in Sicily's Madonie mountains, a rugged range of ridges about 65km east of Palermo. In a field of ash trees ...