Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money ...

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Head to the unsung Japanese region of Tohoku to discover its traditional inns, and immerse yourself in the thermal waters ...

In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan ... The Tokyo Institute of Technology is a national research university located in the Greater Tokyo area. It is the country’s largest higher ...

Located in the heart of LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, the museum embraces the Japanese-American experience in all its permutations, including aspects that other persecuted and marginalized ...

Thanks to modern-day genome sequencing technology, we now know more about Japan's ancient world than ever before — and all ...

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To strengthen academic exchange and collaboration between Taiwan and Japan, the renowned Japanese research institute RIKEN ...

This YouTube video of Tokyo’s JCII Camera Museum has me drooling all over my keyboard – it’s camera eye candy galore!

A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

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