Stone tools suggest the first Americans came from Japan
That's well before a corridor between ice sheets opened up, clearing an inland route south from the Bering land bridge. Stone tools from the site suggest a possible connection between these…
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Collector unearths long-lost 8-bit Konami games, dumps them for emulation
But you'd be wrong in the case of Space School, a series of game-like educational Famicom cartridges Konami designed for Japanese elementary school children in the '80s. Designed …
IN PHOTOS: Look back over Japan's Heisei Era (2/2) 2000-2019
Here is a photo collection of major events in Japan during the latter half of the Heisei Era. 2005(A rapid commuter train cars derails in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, killing 106 passengers and …
Japan lands Hayabusa2 spacecraft on distant asteroid and sucks up soil samples
Hayabusa2 is the first to successfully collect underground soil samples from an asteroid and comes ahead of a similar mission planned by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) …
Tour de Tohoku rides Yuzuru Hanyu's fame to stoke interest in cycling
[Supplied photo]They will be placed in Shinjuku's Marunouchi Line station, the Hanzomon Line station in Shibuya, and in the subway at Sendai Station between Aug. 26 and Sept. 17. There are …
Tokyo tower to become Japan's new tallest skyscraper
Jessie Yeung , CNN Written byConstruction has begun on a soaring tower that will become Japan's tallest skyscraper. The ambitious Toranomon-Azabudai project, in central Tokyo, aims to …
World's safest city for 2019 revealed
The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Safe Cities Index (SCI) has ranked 60 destinations across the world in terms of their digital security, health security, infrastructure and personal safety…
Yakuza 7 announced with menu-based combat and new Yokohama setting
The next major entry in the Yakuza series has been revealed in Japan, and Sega is seriously shaking things up. Ryu ga Gotoku 7, which will likely be called Yakuza 7 in the West, has a new main c…
Anti-groping stamp lets victims mark assailants
It allows victims to mark their assailants with an invisible ink stamp in the shape of a hand. Japanese firm Shachihata says it developed the stamp to help deter groping on trains in the country…
Yusaku Aoki's Night Tales
Japanese photographer Yusaku Aoki's Night Tales is the sixth in a quarterly series of books by Libraryman. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effect…