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Magic mushrooms may have been used in Japan since Jomon times

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Masked drama-dance traditions of Central Asia reached Japan during the Asuka period (592-710)

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Rare account of feudal warrior’s daily life.

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Criminals of Japan’s Edo Period Were Often Punished by Getting Face Tattoos

Japanese culture has had an on-off love-hate relationship with tattoos…

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Y chromosome haplogroups of Japanese population analysed in a 2013 forensic paper

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Book Review of The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan: Lost Chronicles of the Age of the Gods

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Around 500 confirmed sunken shipwreck sites in Japanese waters lack funding for underwater archaeological survey and research work

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Study Reveals DNA Links Between Ancient Peruvians, Japanese

Aug 17, 2014 Latin American Herald Tribune reports… LIMA — A study has revealed genetic links between people who inhabited northern Peru more than 1,000 years ago and Japanese, El Comercio newspaper reported Thursday. Japanese physical anthropologist Ken-ichi Shinoda performed … Continue reading →

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Bold new 2014 DNA study proposes when and where the three major populations of Africa, Europe and East Asians diverged and suggests why the Ainu look like Europeans

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Japan’s oldest shell tools found in Sakitari Cave in Okinawa

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NHK World: A late 6th c. pyramid newly uncovered at Asuka, Nara, may belong to Soga no Iname

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Ram’s horns motif on painted tomb murals of western Japan points to the identity of the immigrant groups from the continent

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Cranial deformation not found anywhere in Japan except on Tanegashima island

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The Legend of Sanai-Isoba, heroine of Yonaguni Island

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Himeji Castle dazzles and startles with new all-white roofing

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R&D: Japanese gold leaf artists worked on the nanoscale

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Asahi Shimbun PHOTO: Byodoin temple’s phoenix statues implanted with colorful plumage

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Asahi Shimbun reports: Tens of thousands of coins from Muromachi Period unearthed in Kyoto

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The Legend of how Lake Titicaca got its name from Japanese (Jomon period) settlers

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Magic mushrooms may have been used in Japan since Jomon times

Masked drama-dance traditions of Central Asia reached Japan during the Asuka period (592-710)

Rare account of feudal warrior’s daily life.

Criminals of Japan’s Edo Period Were Often Punished by Getting Face Tattoos

Y chromosome haplogroups of Japanese population analysed in a 2013 forensic paper

Book Review of The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan: Lost Chronicles of the Age of the Gods

Around 500 confirmed sunken shipwreck sites in Japanese waters lack funding for underwater archaeological survey and research work

Study Reveals DNA Links Between Ancient Peruvians, Japanese

Bold new 2014 DNA study proposes when and where the three major populations of Africa, Europe and East Asians diverged and suggests why the Ainu look like Europeans

Japan’s oldest shell tools found in Sakitari Cave in Okinawa

NHK World: A late 6th c. pyramid newly uncovered at Asuka, Nara, may belong to Soga no Iname

Ram’s horns motif on painted tomb murals of western Japan points to the identity of the immigrant groups from the continent

Cranial deformation not found anywhere in Japan except on Tanegashima island

The Legend of Sanai-Isoba, heroine of Yonaguni Island

Himeji Castle dazzles and startles with new all-white roofing

R&D: Japanese gold leaf artists worked on the nanoscale

Asahi Shimbun PHOTO: Byodoin temple’s phoenix statues implanted with colorful plumage

Asahi Shimbun reports: Tens of thousands of coins from Muromachi Period unearthed in Kyoto

The Legend of how Lake Titicaca got its name from Japanese (Jomon period) settlers

Mural paintings of ‘Asuka beauties’ to be conserved outside burial mound