The public transport map of greater Tokyo is an almost terrifying sight. I say map, but there are differing versions, each showing a sprawling network of interconnecting underground and overground lines that appears almost impossibly complex. The maps ...

People of all ages are getting a new perspective on familiar landscapes as they take walks using maps from the Edo period (1603-1867) and other past eras. Participants say they can imagine the daily lives of samurai warriors and townspeople in ...

The issue there was whether the world’s map makers would continue to call the body of water the “Sea of Japan,” as Tokyo wanted, or also label it the “East Sea,” as Seoul had been requesting.  For weeks before — and then during ...

You know how Google Maps has always been pretty nifty ... The game has eight levels: Manhattan, San Francisco, Paris, London, Tokyo, Las Vegas, the Mall of America and a level that's just a hodgepodge of cities. In the game, you have to get your character ...

Colorado to Tokyo, Japan. In a new country where blocks, not streets, are labeled and addresses use a different formatting system, finding home was a feat in and of itself. And that's how the idea to save home and work locations in Google Maps was born."

Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University in Tokyo, says it is highly unlikely that Futenma will be moved. "The Japanese government has known that since the 2006 road map," he says. "If that's the case, the remaining Marines will stay ...

Being grilled: Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata answers ... followed by another message recommending evacuation to a suggested place, which appears on a map.