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.