Burakumin discrimination is a testament to human nature. Humans will find ANY excuse to malign each other. In the absence of people who are different, they will create those differences amongst ...

But the modern locations of the old villages are largely unknown to the general public, and many burakumin prefer it that way. not where I live, everyone knows which part of town they live in and who ...

Antique maps drafted by Japanese cartographers are historically valuable and beautiful as art objects, according to Yuki Ishimatsu, head of Japanese collections at the University of California at ...

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 ...

According to the website of the Japan Institute of Country-Technology, about 70% of Japan's land is mountainous or hilly, and areas with an altitude of 500 m or higher occupy about a quarter of the ...