Japan does not have an official national animal, but the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolour) is widely recognised as the ...

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has released a set of new standard symbols for foreign-language maps after criticism that some of its current pictograms are hard to understand ...

There are arguments for and against. The rising sun flag has been used as a traditional national symbol of Japan for centuries, and appears in advertisements and on commercial products.

On New Year’s Day especially, prayers pile up at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Written on wooden ... from around the world can be symbols of hope in hard times.) ...

Image source, Twitter / @etherealcat GSI's executive officer for national mapping ... He told the Japan Times:, external "Some say we should change symbols for Japanese-language maps at this ...