| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
| 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From the Japan Times, during a news conference to mark his 68th birthday, the Emperor drew the public's attention to a historical document that shows one of his eighth-century ancestors was born to a descendant of immigrants from the Korean Peninsula.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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Pottery Dreams Across 10,000 Years: From the Japan Times, a review of Tokyo National Museum's exhibit on the history of ancient ceramics and their discovery in Japan. |
| 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. |
| 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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