1 min readOldest basil pollen in Japan found in ditch of 3rd c. Makimuku ruins, Nara, is of Southeast Asian origin
7 min readRecent research pinpoints North China as centre of millet domestication, could shed light on millet dispersal route to Jomon Japan
3 min readCormorant fishing began in Japan by the Kofun period at least, ancient earthenware discovered in Kofu shows
6 min readThe size of the Mongol genetic footprint across Eurasia, a footprint that was stopped short at the shores of Japan
3 min readThe latest find of seven dotaku bells from Awajishima Island pushes back date for the practice of burying bronze bells earlier by a century
5 min readRefugees who practised ritual tooth ablation brought rice cultivation techniques as they dispersed to Taiwan and Japan
