Google has just announced a small but significant update to its maps. Exactly one year after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, satellite images on Google Maps of the country have now ...

AN instructive physiographic map or diagram of Japan on a scale of about 80 miles to an inch is published by Dr. G. T. Trewartha in the Geographical Review of July. Japan lends itself to this ...

While Asian and Western cartographies are often considered separate traditions, maps of Japan kept in Leiden University Libraries often show a commonality of method and purpose. Despite the expulsion ...

In a computer screen image taken from the Google Earth software, a feudal map of a village in central Japan from hundreds of years ago is superimposed on a modern street map. The village is labeled ...

LEGO celebrates 50 years in Japan with a bang. Going big, the Danish firm has constructed a complete map of the country from 1.8 million of their famous blocks. Over 5,000 people chipped in to make ...

Nick Kapur is back with a new series of “stereotype maps” based on search engine autocomplete results. Notably, he has created a map showing “European stereotypes of Japan and the Japanese, based on ...