The copy, completed in June last year and unveiled in December, offers a penetrating look into Nagasaki’s heyday as a trading hub during the late Edo Period (1603-1867). “I expect the map will ...

The Hoei eruption began on December 16, 1707, during Japan's Edo period. Shizuoka Governor Kawakatsu Heita, who chairs the council, says the group will use the new map to revise evacuation plans ...

The National Map Museum is to display various maps from foreign countries which have the East Sea and Dokdo marked on them, starting Friday. The exhibition will show 49 original maps of the East Sea ...