TOKYO — When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn't expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been ...

Today’s water challenges call for cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and expertise. The Dutch water sector invites you ...

By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of the late 19th and early ...

This bridling against the Tokyo and Kyoto-centric, top-down imposed vision of "Japan" has a history running back many centuries. When in the early 17th century, the Lord of Sendai in Tohoku, Date ...

Nara City was Japan's capital during the 8th Century, and many shrines and temples constructed during that time are now part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can catch echoes of travellers past. An inside guide to Tohoku—Japan’s ...