To see the changes from 2011, use the slider in the below images to see how the landscape has changed ... a tsunami arriving 30 minutes after the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history. Five ...

Teachers are encouraged to read “Heian Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with advanced ...

His drive to unify Japan laid the foundation for a period of peace that lasted until the country opened to the West in 1868. Photograph by Pictures From History/Universal Images Group/Getty Images ...

Together they traveled to rural Japan, where Mr. Hijikata played the part of the weasel racing through the countryside. (“Kamaitachi, No. 39,” above, was part of a series of images made in 1968.) ...