Yomi-no-kuni, or just Yomi for short, is the captivating underworld of Japanese mythology. Our adventure begins at the entrance to Yomi, where a dark and mystical forest marks the boundary between the ...

Its skeleton ... aquatic in Japanese mythology,' he said. The research paper published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology classifies this as a type of mosasaur - a giant prehistoric ...

Why Trust Us? A research team from the University of Tokyo analyzed DNA from a Yayoi-period skeleton to determine the ancestral makeup of the modern Japanese population. The unique DNA makeup ...

KYOTO, Japan – In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 5 feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders.