Until now, it was believed that modern Japanese people descended from two ancient groups. But scientists have just discovered there is a third one. This finding changes everything we thought we knew ...

It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But new genetic ...

There aren't any native lion or tiger populations living in Japan today, but this was not always the case. Fossil evidence indicates that at least one species of large cat roamed the archipelago ...