KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Once a prominent film town, local officials want the ancient capital back in ... The capital of Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), Kamakura is home ...

Rice is more than just a food source in Japan. It plays a crucial role in the country’s agricultural industry.

In fact, it was even used to pay salaries, reports Marukome, one of Japan’s top miso producers. During the following Kamakura period ... For a meal with an ancient history, miso soup hasn’t struggled ...

Kamakura is not the only place in Japan facing a resurgence of over-tourism, and the central government has taken notice. In September, related ministries and agencies, such as the Japan Tourism ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.

Objects discovered in Tanzania and dated to 1.5 million years ago help to rewrite human ancestors’ use of carved bone ...

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Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno ...