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SHINKOKU is the sacred name of Japan, — Shinkoku, “The Country of the Gods;” and of all Shinkoku the most holy ground is the land of Izumo. Hither from the blue Plain of High Heaven first came to ...

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Scientists found thousands of coins at an excavation site where a company plans to build a factory. Some of the coins were traced back to China and date some 2,000 years old. A "Ban Liang" was the ...

A 1,500-year-old tomb containing human remains and armor has been found in surprisingly good condition, according to Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun. Found in the city of Shibushi, located on ...

Japanese carpenters have been building elaborate shrines by hand for more than a millennium. A new exhibit shows the extraordinary tools and joints behind these extraordinary buildings. Since the 7th ...

The moon in Japan is not like our moon. There is no man in there, for one thing. No man, no horn, no cow. It’s nighttime in Kyoto, and Shima Enomoto, one of my guides, is pointing up at the sky. “Can ...

An immersive art space in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto is offering a novel experience to visitors from around the world, aiming to dissolve the boundary between observer and art. Titled ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito proclaimed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne on Tuesday, appearing in a brownish-orange ceremonial robe in a ritual attended by representatives of more than 180 ...

Hindsight is 20/20, the saying goes, and new research shows that may be the case in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region in 2011. Before that quake, seismic hazard ...