The Google Maps’ view of what Japan calls Takeshima, South Korea calls Dokdo and Google calls Liancourt Rocks. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member ...

Google has refined Google Maps in Japan to show make navigation easier in the country, where most roads don’t have names. The new design seemingly brings the Japanese characters more to the forefront ...

Japan dominates Google Maps Transit Trends 2025, with 9 of the world’s 10 most-searched stations located across Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and more. Find the full list below.

As if most people weren't already reliant on Google Maps to get us where we need to go, the company is giving users an adorable reason to peruse the world via street view: Enter "pup view" in Japan.

I've wanted to go to Japan for ages, but the prospect of navigating such an extensive and complex train system was daunting -- especially since I'm the type who gets lost even going to places I've ...

The city of Odate pitched the idea to Google in the spirit of the Lunar Year of the Dog. Youtube It may not be long before Google Maps can be used as a virtual reality exploration tool to visit places ...

The latest in the Bond film series, "Skyfall," was certainly one to remember. And not all of those memories were pleasant. The head villain's island lair was a particularly spooky place, and sure ...

It started with a Google+ Community called ‘Tokyo Slide Map’. A group of users wanted to chronicle the very best children’s slides dotted across the capital of Japan by uploading geotagged photos of ...

Many decades before satellites even existed, a Japanese cartographer named Hatsusaburo Yoshida was drawing cities as though he was floating thousands of feet above them. His vivid, colorful drawings ...

This month, Associate Editor Mariella Moon humblebrags about her vacation to Japan. But that's not what she's going to discuss. Hailing from a country where Google Maps is lacking in detail (and metro ...