Seven years after the initial concept was proposed at the university in 2018, the Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology will ...

An international team of researchers recently discovered a tiny new dinosaur species in Japan — and named it after a gnome. The newfound creature was identified based on 17 fossils unearthed in ...

FUKUI--Fukui Prefecture, whose wealth of fossil finds has given it the moniker of “dinosaur kingdom,” is moving to open Japan’s first university faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies.

Through his excavation surveys, a Hokkaido University Museum professor aims find out how dinosaurs survived cold winters and ...

Scientists have identified a new species of tiny dinosaur in Japan. The discovery was made in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, in the country's Hyogo Prefecture. Experts say the dinosaur was related to ...

A running contest at a ski resort in northern Japan has featured competitors dressed as tyrannosaurus, triceratops and other dinosaurs. Seventeen people aged from 6 to 60 joined the event on ...

Japan is not a country where beauty is overlooked. Many know to visit Tokyo and Osaka for high-rise city ventures. But, much ...

Kawabe Soichiro is a paleontologist who works with one of the world's leading dinosaur museums in Fukui Prefecture. He has used digital technology to decipher the mysteries of dinosaur fossils.