Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with ...

Okinoerabujima became part of Japan’s Satsuma feudal domain after it belonged to the independent Ryukyu Kingdom, now Okinawa Prefecture. That history created a distinct diversity to the island ...

Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, an independent country that paid tribute to both Imperial China and Satsuma, a domain in medieval Japan. Ever since the Japanese ...

Completed in 1863, it is Japan’s oldest surviving wooden Western ... Glover secretly sold weapons and ships to the domains of Satsuma (now Kagoshima Prefecture) and Chōshū (now Yamaguchi ...

although the fact that they're named after what was formerly the Satsuma province (now known as Kyushu) in Japan contests ...

Peel potatoes, rinse then slice into 1/4" rounds. Place in a pot, cover with water then allow to soften; approximately 15-20 minutes. Heat oil in a large frying pan then add onions. Drain potatoes ...

The painting is jewel like. What was new in this Satsuma genre was the manner in which landscape imagery was employed to convey a narrative about Japan as can be seen in the decoration of these ...

SATSUMA-SENDAI, Kagoshima Prefecture--A three ... conditions for an earthquake with the highest intensity of 7 on the Japanese scale that knocked out the cooling system of one of the two reactors ...