Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Off Japan’s westernmost inhabited island, divers encounter a sandstone formation with broad platforms, sharp-looking steps and long straight fractures. Its appearance has inspired claims of a drowned ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These tectonic plates are in continuous motion, and when one ...