When it comes to building a state-of-the-art earthquake early warning system, California is behind. California and the U.S. have long neglected the development of such a system. The alarm system we do ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two early 20th century Japanese animated movies, crafted by pioneers of the "anime" that has since swept the world, have been found in good condition, a researcher at Tokyo's ...

The history of Japanese science fiction usually begins with the 1880 translations of Jules Verne’s From The Earth to the Moon and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Most Japanese science fiction of this ...

One of Whitefish's most accomplished early Japanese immigrants has earned a place of honor in the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center. Mokatura M. Hori, who operated a ranch and ...

The West Japan Railway Company has apologised after a train in central Japan departed its platform 25 seconds early. It didn't affect any other travel schedules, but one person missed the train. Japan ...

Bonhams New York will auction a rare early-14th-century Japanese Ko-Seto heishi, or flask, as part of its “Fine Japanese & Korean Works of Art” sale on March 18. Seto wares have been produced in a ...

The book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity” by Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty has received multiple awards for excellence from professional ...

Recent evidence has emerged that challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of the first Americans. Instead of walking from Siberia across the Bering land bridge, new findings suggest that these ...

Japan’s health authorities have declared an influenza epidemic, with thousands of people infected with the respiratory virus. The number of infections is unusual for this time of year, researchers say ...

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