2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (148+ words) The Japan Times Asteroid traces found in Japan may be linked to extinction of dinosaurs KATSUYAMA, FUKUI PREF. " A team of Japanese researchers has discovered traces of an asteroid collision in Hokkaido that may have caused the mass extinction of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (99+ words) japantimes. co. jp Two elementary school-aged sisters from Tokyo have discovered a rare cicada fossil dating back about 300, 000 years by breaking open a rock sold as a souvenir by a museum. The Middle Pleistocene fossil was found by Maho Shinomiya,…...