Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD; a new study has been published in Nature
Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,000 years ago in eastern Asia; it was proposed that the new species include the enigmatic Denisovans
The article The Gendered Construction of the Japanese Language-Learning Boom in Postcolonial Korea is published in the Asian Studies journal
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge
DNA from coprolites, that is, fossilized feces, reveals ancient Japanese gut environment, during the Early Jomon period. The samples also contained evidence of bacteria and viruses
From the manga to the movie: Tiger Mask returns! An international co-production of an action film shot in Italy and Japan
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
Unveiling Japan’s ancient practice of cranial modification: the case of the Hirota people in Tanegashima; the study is published on PLoS ONE
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports
Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Karako-Kagi site
