First, he uses contour maps produced by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, upon which he overlays useful details based on his own research. This creates an abundance of information ...

SHIMANE—A Japanese academic has discovered a map published in the United States in 1897 that marks Takeshima, a group of islets claimed by both Japan and South Korea, as Japanese territory.

Scientists have constructed local and nation-wide maps of the radioactive particles that rained down when the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant failed after a massive earthquake and tsunami rocked ...