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DINOSAURS

Tohoku University professor Reishi Takashima speaks at a news conference in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, on Wednesday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
May 21, 2026
Asteroid traces found in Japan may be linked to extinction of dinosaurs
The discovery of traces of an asteroid in Hokkaido is the first-ever confirmation of such traces in Japan, according to the announcement from the team of Japanese researchers.
The Tokyo National Museum and the Dino-A-Live show have partnered for a traditional storytelling performance with animatronic dinosaurs reimagined as folklore spirits back from the dead.
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 26, 2025
A night at the museum when dinosaurs come to life
The Dino-A-Live show, made with lifelike animatronic dinosaurs, has partnered with the Tokyo National Museum for a performance steeped in traditional culture.
An illustration of Nipponopterus mifunensis, a new genus and species of pterosaur
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
May 19, 2025
Pterosaur fossil found in Japan identified as new species
This is the first time that a pterosaur has been named based on a fossil found in Japan.
Hiroshi Nishi, dean of the Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui Prefectural University, in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, in April
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
May 11, 2025
Japan¡¯s first dinosaur department opens at university in Fukui
Students in Fukui Prefectural University¡¯s Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology will participate in cutting-edge research and fossil excavations.
Hokkaido University Museum professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi holds a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 18 about the launch of a crowdfunding campaign for dinosaur fossil excavation surveys.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Feb 16, 2025
Crowdfunding raises ?8.3 million for dinosaur fossil excavations
Through his excavation surveys, a Hokkaido University Museum professor aims to find out how dinosaurs survived cold winters and how they traveled to and from Asia.
The discovery of the Navaornis hestiae fills the intermediate step in evolution between the first bird-like dinosaurs, such as Archaeopteryx, and living birds.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2024
¡®One-of-a-kind¡¯ fossil from Brazil reveals birds¡¯ brain evolution
The fossil discovery filled in a gap of 70 million years in the understanding of the evolution of avian neuroanatomy.
A bed of rock shows chunks of ripped-up seafloor as debris from a tsunami that followed a huge meteorite impact on Earth dating back to about 3.26 billion years ago, seen in a region called the Barberton Greenstone Belt in northeastern South Africa in this undated photograph.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2024
Ancient meteorite was ¡®giant fertilizer bomb¡¯ for life on Earth
The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.
Knowing how Earth¡¯s temperature behaved deep in the past can also help scientists test climate models that predict the future.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2024
We just got a wake-up call from the time before dinosaurs
The die-offs happen when the Earth¡¯s temperature changes too rapidly for organisms to evolve and adapt ¡ª as is starting to happen now.
An artist's impression of a large asteroid impacting at Chicxulub on the Mexican coastline, which caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66 million years ago, with the planet Mars and asteroid bodies in the background.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2024
Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter
After migrating inward to become part of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid was somehow sent hurtling in the direction of Earth.
A reconstructed skeleton of <i>Futabasaurus suzukii</i> (top) and its fossil's replica are displayed at the Iwaki City Coal and Fossil Museum (Horuru) in Fukushima Prefecture.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
May 13, 2024
Fukushima fossil museum marks 40 years of unearthing history
The discovery of the fossil of a new genus of plesiosaur in 1968 led to the birth of the museum, which now hosts its replica and reconstructed skeleton.
A research team including Hokkaido University scientists has discovered the skeleton of a new dinosaur that was curled up in a position like that of a sleeping modern-day bird.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Nov 17, 2023
Team including Hokkaido University scientists unearths new dinosaur
The focal point of the discovery is that evidence of the dinosaur¡¯s behavior was preserved, something rarely seen in fossils.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023
What sounds did dinosaurs make?
A research team has drawn clues about sounds the extinct creatures could have made from what might be the first known fossilized larynx of a dinosaur.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2023
Bone study transforms understanding of dinosaur growth
Tyrannosaurus, topping 12 meters long, was an example of a large and fast-growing theropod, with a large growth spurt in its teenage years. Other theropods grew at a slower rate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 17, 2021
¡®Like Godzilla, but actually real¡¯: study shows T. rex numbered 2.5 billion
Researchers unveiled the first calculation of the dinosaur¡¯s total population during the estimated 2.4 million years that this fearsome species inhabited western North America.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2020
¡®Gnarly¡¯ tumor shows dinosaurs also got cancer
When scientists first unearthed fossils of a horned dinosaur called Centrosaurus in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada¡¯s Alberta province in 1989, they spotted a badly malformed leg bone they figured was a healed fracture.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 23, 2020
Talk the dinosaur
¡®When Mom was little, there were dinosaurs on Earth but, because she¡¯s so old, they aren¡¯t around anymore.¡¯
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 12, 2020
Dinosaur prints from mysterious middle Jurassic Period found in Scotland
On a crag of rock called Brother¡¯s Point on Scotland¡¯s Isle of Skye, scientists have identified two bustling footprint sites that reveal an abundance of dinosaurs that thrived 170 million years ago including an early member of a celebrated group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 18, 2020
Dinosaurs grew feathers differently from birds, fossil of a ¡®dancing dragon¡¯ shows
An exquisite fossil of a fierce little Chinese dinosaur dubbed the ¡°dancing dragon¡± that lived 120 million years ago ¡ª an older cousin of the Velociraptor ¡ª is showing scientists that feathers grew differently on dinosaurs than on birds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2019
Post-apocalyptic fossils show fast rise of mammals after dinosaur demise
A revelatory cache of fossils dug up in central Colorado details as never before the rise of mammals from the post-apocalyptic landscape after an asteroid smacked Earth 66 million years ago and annihilated three-quarters of all species, including the dinosaurs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2019
Fossils of ¡®shark-toothed¡¯ carnivorous dinosaur dating back 115 million years found in Thailand
Fossils of a large carnivorous dinosaur that was a top predator about 115 million years ago have been unearthed in Thailand ¡ª a brute that was among the early members of an impressive group of flesh-ripping dinosaurs known for their shark-like teeth.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse&#039;s brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo&#039;s Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces&#039; Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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