Many decades before satellites even existed, a Japanese cartographer named Hatsusaburo Yoshida was drawing cities as though he was floating thousands of feet above them. His vivid, colorful drawings ...

Q: I have enclosed a photo of a teapot I inherited that is part of a set that includes a creamer, sugar bowl with lid, six cups and saucers. Each piece is decorated with a black dragon against a ...

Obverse Image: Entwined dragon surrounded by a pearled border with Kanji and English text. Obverse Text: Romanization: MEIJI / SAN / JU / SAN / DAI / NIHON / 50 SEN (Translation: Year 33 of Meiji ...

PASADENA, Calif. - The massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday ranks as the fifth largest in the world since 1900, scientists said. The magnitude-8.9 "megathrust" quake is similar ...

There is a chance, however small, that each of us could have a doppelganger, according to scientists—and whether or not this also applies to pets, a cat named P.B. definitely found her look-alike in a ...