SHIMANE—A Japanese academic has discovered a map published in the United States in 1897 that marks Takeshima, a group of islets claimed by both Japan and South Korea, as Japanese territory. Rikinobu ...

University courses with names such as Challenges and Prospects of Cross-Cultural Communication in Japan; How to Enjoy Buddhist Art; The Japanese and Their Bowl Culture; and Interactive Computer ...

Cartographer Ino Tadataka (1745-1818) was 55 years old when he set out on his first surveying trip in 1800 to chart the coast of Hokkaido. Accompanied by five assistants, Ino took the Oshu Kaido route ...

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More than 8,000 children of other nationalities living in Japan may not be attending school. That finding, from a government survey, has focused attention on the problem. Sixty-two percent of those ...

The Japan Times Publishing, Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hideki Ito) opened its digital store, “The Japan Times Publishing Digital Store” (https://store. jtpublishing. co.jp/), in ...

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