A shipwreck dating to roughly 745 years ago has been identified off the coast of Takashima island in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan, adding to a small but growing collection of vessels tied to the Mongol ...

This lesson uses the Mongol invasions of Japan as a case study in historiography. Students develop and apply important historical thinking skills. In particular, they distinguish and examine secondary ...

Japan has spent fifteen years diversifying away from Chinese rare earths—but its longtime aid recipient and economic partner ...

It was the largest armada the world had ever seen, and would only be surpassed 700 years later when the Allies invaded Europe during the Normandy landings. The Mongol leader Kublai Khan sent two ...

NAGOYA, Japan, July 19 (Reuters) - The sound of bodies slapping against each other rocks the stifling sumo "stable" in the Japanese city of Nagoya, as 11 gigantic wrestlers wearing only loincloths ...

"The myth that kamikaze, or divine winds, protected Japan against the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 is linked to a belief in absolute victory in the Pacific War in the twentieth century. But what ...