Where you lived along Japan's coastline when the tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, basically determined whether you lived or died. That much is evident in these new maps created by a group of scientists ...

While Asian and Western cartographies are often considered separate traditions, maps of Japan kept in Leiden University Libraries often show a commonality of method and purpose. Despite the expulsion ...

Japan in a new-found world / Joseph LOH -- The world from the waterline / Peter D. SHAPINSKY -- Elusive islands of silver : Japan in the early European geographic imagination / OKA Mihoko -- Mapping ...

(AP) -- 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 around for ...

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 around for ...

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 ...

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 ...