The capital's Kichijoji suburban district regularly appears in the rankings among the most desirable neighborhoods to live in ...

A remarkably intact 10,000-year-old Jomon period pottery vessel has been discovered in Lake Biwa, Japan. Found by a survey group using an unmanned submersible, its preservation is attributed to the ...

The onset of menstruation is a pivotal moment for young girls, heralding a time of significant physical and emotional growth. It’s important for caregivers to discuss menstrual hygiene and ...

Having your period can be a painful experience. Period pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a very common condition with around nine in ten young women aged 13 to 25 in Australia having regular period ...

It’s a phenomenon so prevalent it’s practically a punchline: Women get hangry when Aunt Flo comes to town. To be more specific, they stereotypically “tend to crave sugar and chocolate before their ...

Having a period is a lot like being a gladiator. Between the blood, sweat, and tears—and the relentless feeling of being punched in the stomach—many of us are desperate enough to try anything just to ...

It’s long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But, new genetic ...

A 10,000-year-old pottery vessel has been discovered in Lake Biwa, Japan, providing rare insight into the Jomon period, one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The vessel, discovered at a depth of 64 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “This implies different dispersals for modern humans into East Asia and suggests that Denisovans were sparsely distributed in the region,” the ...

A nearly complete pottery vessel estimated to be over 10,000 years old has been recovered from the bottom of Lake Biwako, Japan, marking the oldest artifact found at the site to date, the Shiga ...