Beneath the serene surface of Kyoto’s temples and shrines lies a deeper story of intentional city planning rooted in ancient philosophies. Designed in the Heian period, the city’s grid layout wasn’t ...

Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

Researchers are merging multidisciplinary expertise with AI tools to document, reconstruct and preserve Europe's historical ...

Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...

The historical issues in East Asia have long been a blindspot for the United States. Time to start paying attention.

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...

Survival horror is finally coming home. Raccoon City is the setting for the classic Resident Evil games, its awesome remakes, ...

According to Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger, reproductive justice “demands sexual autonomy and gender freedom for every ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...

What you can't see on Maps: Revisiting an 1,850-km historic route to gold fields in Australia The theme for Australia's National Reconciliation Week - from May 27 to June 3 - this year is Bridging ...

New to the map in May 2025: Julia, which stands out for its marriage of modern French cuisine and Japanese wine, run by a married couple; the famous Taimeiken in the historic Nihonbashi district ...