Tokyo said Japan faces the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II and is therefore ...

Created by Hajime Narukawa, the AuthaGraph World Map was announced as the winner of the 2016 Good Design Grand Award, one of the most prestigious design awards in Japan. It preserves the ...

Studies of cartographic development in Japan often acknowledge Shibata’s contribution to bakumatsu-era mapmaking, typically referring to his publication of a world map, Shintei kon’yo ryakuzenzu in ...

These maps were captured in the waning days of World War II as the U.S. Army took control of Japan. American soldiers confiscated thousands of secret Japanese military maps and the plates used to ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

When we talk about the bombing of Japan during the World War II, we usually focus on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But before the atomic bombs, the United States had already begun a ruinous campaign of ...

Visualizing Japan in Modern World History was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with support from the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia at the Program for Teaching East ...

Universal Studios Japan Officially Releases Its Finalized Super Nintendo World Map: An in-depth look of all amusement park zones and food options.

A "scientific characteristic map" for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste has today been published by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The map does not ...