For the first time, an official map from the late Edo Period (1603-1867) was found that shows the now-disputed Takeshima islets as Japanese territory, a Japanese think tank said. The navigational ...

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 ...