| Pottery Dreams Across 10,000 Years - From the Japan Times, a review of Tokyo National Museum's exhibit on the hisrory of ancient ceramics and their discovery in Japan.
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| Thousands Line up to See Izumo Shrine Find - From the Japan Times, the 800-year-old pillar, which has a diameter of 3 meters, is the largest example of ancient Japanese wooden architecture ever discovered. It was unearthed in late April in the grounds of the shrine, in the town of Taisha, Shimane Prefecture.
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| Urn Reveals Oldest Image of Whaling - From the Japan Times, researchers have discovered what they believe to be Japan's oldest depiction of whaling, on an urn dating from around 100 B.C.E., according to officials with the Nagasaki Board of Education.
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| Further Doubts Dug up on Archaeologist's 'Finds' - From the Japan Times, sources said that Shinichi Fujimura, 50, former deputy chief of the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, discovered archaeologically important stone implements during the excavation, but only when he was alone at the site.
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| Disgraced Archaeologist Denies Other Findings Were Also Faked - From the Japan Times, Shinichi Fujimura, an archaeologist who admitted falsifying two findings of Paleolithic stone tools in northern Japan, has denied rumors that more dig finds he was involved in were also fakes.
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| Faked Digs Put Archaeologists on Defensive - From the Japan Times, shock waves ran through Japan in November after it was revealed that revered amateur archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura had planted findings of early Paleolithic relics at two of his dig sites.
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| Nara Mound Confirmed as Oldest of its Kind - From the Japan Times, tests on a wooden board found in a trench surrounding Katsuyama Mound at Makimuku in the town of Sakurai show it was from a tree felled in the year 199 C.E., supporting the hypothesis that a legendary ancient kingdom governed by the female ruler Himiko was based in the Kinki region.
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| Scholars Devise Method to Confirm Date of Stone Tools - From the Japan Times, Nagatomo said he hopes the method will help verify the authenticity of controversial Paleolithic stone tools discovered in northeastern Japan.
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| Boy Unearths Rare Stoneware Fragment - The Japan Times, an 11-year-old boy unearthed a fragment of rare fifth century C.E. Sue Ware stoneware in Kamigori, Hyogo Prefecture.
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| Filming Reveals Gold Leaf Use at Kitora tomb - From the Japan Times, gold leaf was used in drawing Japan's oldest existing astronomical charts covering the ceiling of an ancient tomb in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture.
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| Ancient Artwork May be Earliest Zodiac Mural - From the Japan Times, researchers have found what they believe is a tiger-headed, human figure on the eastern wall of Nara Prefecture's Kitora tomb.
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| Emperor's Remark Pours Fuel on Ethnic Hot Potato - From the Japan Times, during a news conference to mark his 68th birthday, the Emperor drew the public's attention to a historical document that shows one of his eighth-century ancestors was born to a descendant of immigrants from the Korean Peninsula. In doing so, he said he felt a close "kinship" with Korea.
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| Ties to China Unearthed From Yoshinogari Ruins - From the Japan Times, archaeologist Shichida admits many Yoshinogari findings have their origins in China and Korea.
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| Relic Believed to Represent Female Form - From the Japan Times, a 24,000-year-old artifact, believed to be a representation of a woman and the oldest image of a human being found in Japan, has been unearthed from the Mimitori ruins in Kagoshima Prefecture.
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| Ancient Mirrors Unearthed in Fukui - From the Japan Times, two ancient metal-cast mirrors, one of them decorated with heraldry dating from the Yayoi Period (300 B.C.E. to 300 C.E.), have been excavated from a burial mound in Fukui Prefecture
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| Dig Turns Up Rare Earthenware Jug - From the Japan Times, a gourd-shaped jug has recently been dug up at the ruins of a Yayoi Period dwelling that dates back some 2,000 years.
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| Archaeologists Unearth Settlement Mentioned in Wei Chronicle - From the Japan Times, recently unearthed remains of a Yayoi Period settlement on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, suggest it was the ancient capital of the Tsushimakoku kingdom mentioned in the third-century Wei Chronicle on the history of the Chinese Wei dynasty.
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| Yayoi Brain Tissue Preserved in Ruins - From the Japan Times, brain tissue has been found in three human skulls dating back to the second century that were unearthed last year in Tottori Prefecture. The discovery is believed to be the first of its kind in Japan.
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| Jomon Timber Find May be Oldest - From the Japan Times, a piece of building timber that may be the oldest ever found in Japan has been unearthed in an archaeological layer dating from the Jomon Period, which began about 10,000 years ago.
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| Archaeological Site to be Inspected for Signs of Fabrication - An article by Kyodo News reporting that an archaeological investigation team has begun an inspection of a Miyagi Prefecture site where a researcher confessed to having fabricated archaeological findings.
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| Archaeologist Exposed as Fraud - Shinichi Fujimura, famed for finding ancient artefacts, admits planting them after being caught red-handed by a national newspaper. BBC News.
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| Disgraced Archaeologist Covered in Fresh Mud - From Mainichi Daily, disgraced archeologist Shinichi Fujimura, who admitted to planting bogus artifacts at 42 digs across the nation, faked discoveries at two more excavation sites in Miyagi Prefecture,
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| Sacred Statue Conceals Ancient Buddhist Figures - From Ananova, four ancient Buddha statuettes have been found inside a relic only shown to the public once every 11 years.
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