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Tire dinosaurs stand guard at Yokohama Rubber plant | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
15+ hour, 53+ min ago (100+ words) By SATORU AIKAWA/ Staff Writer June 13, 2026 at 07: 00 JST A Stegosaurus statue made with large tires at Dinosaur Park at Yokohama Rubber Co. s Onomichi Plant in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 20 (Reo Komeda) ONOMICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture'As the scent of rubber…...
Dinosaur prints push theropod existence further back in Mongolia | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (382+ words) By SHOTARO WATANABE/ Staff Writer April 14, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Researchers have rediscovered these fossilized dinosaur tracks in northern Mongolia. (Provided by the joint expeditionary party of Okayama University of Science and Mongolian researchers) OKAYAMA--An international group of researchers confirmed fossilized…...
Fukui to fund dinosaur faculty studies building through bonds | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (399+ words) By TOMOYOSHI KUBO/ Staff Writer August 25, 2025 at 07: 00 JST A picture image of the faculty building of the Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui Prefectural University (Provided by the Fukui prefectural government) FUKUI--Dinosaurs have never been hotter, with the recent…...
Mongolia fossils identified as ancestor of tyrannosaur | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (479+ words) By YUSUKE OGAWA/ Staff Writer Zoom A reconstruction of a dinosaur called Khankhuuluu mongoliensis that is believed to be an ancestor of the tyrannosaur (Provided by Masato Hattori) Dinosaur fossils unearthed in Mongolia half a century ago belong to a…...