Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic walking itinerary across central Japan. View on euronews ...

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first ...

The Tokyo Metro subway system offers through trains to Kawagoe-shi station on the TOBU Tojo line, and Hanno station on theSEIBU Ikebukuro line. Please make sure to take a train leaving for Wako-shi & ...

They're always there," said Matthew Zook, a geography professor at the University of Kentucky. "This is just a moment where we really can see how maps and how labels are powerful things." ...

The changing of some other maps and charts may involve a longer process. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, is engaging with the Board on Geographic Names for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on ...

A spokesperson for National Geographic, one of the most prominent map makers in the U.S., said ... citing as an example a body of water between Japan and the Korean peninsula, referred to as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President-elect Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name ...

A spokesperson for National Geographic, one of the most prominent map makers in the U.S., said ... citing as an example a body of water between Japan and the Korean peninsula, referred to as ...

A Pokemon fan made a pixel-art map of Japan with game regions accurately placed. Pokemon regions like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are based on real Japanese locations. The Pokemon Ranger ...

Maps are a funny thing. For a long time, we studied global geography using a map designed ... are shown on the standardized map. For example, Japan is actually Nihon and Germany is actually ...