Nine mysterious pillars of light recently appeared in the night sky over the port of Mikuriya, in the city of Daisen, Japan.

As far as we know, they were home to Japan's elite. The Daisen Kofun, for example, the largest of them all, is said to house the remains of Emperor Nintoku, the 16th ruler of Imperial Japan.

DAISEN, Akita Prefecture--Billed as one of Japan’s top fireworks festivals, the 96th All-Japan National Fireworks Competition will be held Aug. 31 along the Omonogawa river here, organizers ...

The town of Daisen in Tottori Prefecture sits between the Sea of Japan at its north and Mount Daisen at its south. "So the Japanese giant salamander is a twenty-three-million-year-old creature." ...

SAKAI--Researchers got an almost unheard of chance March 7 to step foot atop an imposing keyhole-shaped imperial burial mound dating from the fifth century that still holds many secrets.