KATSUYAMA, Fukui Prefecture--The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum here will reopen July 14 following a major refurbishment that will have dino fans gaping in amazement. For starters, the revamped ...

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. The new faculty ...

A fossil unearthed from a stratum in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, dating back 120 million years (Early Cretaceous) has been identified as a new species of dinosaur. It is an ornithomimosaurid, a ...

FUKUI, Japan -- Japan will open its first university division dedicated to the study of dinosaurs in April. In partnership with the nation's premier dinosaur museum, students at Fukui Prefectural ...

Fukui Prefectural University (Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture) will open a "Faculty of Dinosaur Studies" (tentative name) in April 2025 to study dinosaurs, geology and paleoclimatology. The Katsuyama ...

Located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the largest in Japan and is recognized as one of the world’s best dinosaur museums. It offers visitors a chance ...

Boasting nearly 80% of Japan’s dinosaur fossils, one of the last dozen remaining original Japanese castles and a prime location off the Sea of Japan, Fukui Prefecture is a great destination for ...

The Fukui Prefectural Government is launching a tourism campaign in commercial complexes and stations around the country that makes the most of the prefecture's renown as a base for dinosaur fossil ...

This image provided by the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum shows a fossilized Petropterix fukuiensis wing. KATSUYAMA, Fukui -- Fossils belonging to three previously undiscovered prehistoric ...

People around the world are fascinated by dinosaurs and the prehistoric world in which they lived. In Japan, the country's first university faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies was inaugurated this ...

The fossils found in Ono, Fukui Prefecture are shown. (Photo courtesy of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum) KATSUYAMA, Fukui -- The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in this central Japan city ...

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.