In the last survey released in 1987, geographers counted islands with a coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey. The previous ...

This map shows the locations of Japan's 17 major nuclear power plants in relation to this most recent earthquake. Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami ...

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 ...

A Pokemon fan made a pixel-art map of Japan with game regions accurately placed. Pokemon regions like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are based on real Japanese locations. The Pokemon Ranger ...

The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat ... To clear things up, Harajuku is a neighborhood in Japan (part of the greater Shibuya District) and ...

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 ...

When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Japan time. Shake data is as of ...