and part reptile Scientists at Northern Kentucky University are aiming to discover the secrets of a bizarre creature found in Japan. Scans revealed that the 'mermaid mummy' discovered in 1906 is ...

How Enjuin temple acquired the mermaid mummy in the first place remains a mystery. More than 10 mermaid mummies have been reported around Japan. One found in Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima ...

hobgoblins and other supernatural creatures of Japanese folklore. After learning that the mermaid mummy was housed at Enjuin, Kinoshita sounded out officials at the temple and the university to ...

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Find out what became of Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and the rest of the heroes and monsters 25 years after 'The Mummy' menaced the box office.

Bursting with colour and with a range of silhouettes and decorative extras (think cowl neck, oversized buttons and waterfall hems), this 'yummy mummy' collection will cover you from new mum comfort to ...

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

The Japanese car making giant has not yet said where in its global operations the job cuts will be made. One of Japan's most popular tourist attractions is once again donning its famed snowcap.

A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin, but sometimes organs ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...