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 ...

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 Maps has been updated with new imagery of the northeastern coast of Japan for the one year anniversary of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that destroyed much of the area. With t Google Maps ...

If you’ve ever tried getting around when traveling in a country with an unfamiliar language, you might have had trouble figuring out what all the businesses around you are, even if you could read the ...

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 ...

In March, Google Maps AR navigation was updated to work inside complex buildings. After launching in some US malls, Google is expanding Indoor Live View to transit stations in Japan. Outdoors, Live ...

More than 21,000 residents evacuated town after Japan's nuclear disaster. NAMIE, Japan March 4, 2013— -- Two years after Japan's worst nuclear disaster displaced 21,000 residents of Namie, much ...

Google Street View is an excellent way of “putting yourself inside the map,” so-to-speak, in order to become familiar with a new place. But Street View usually only provides one point of view — the ...

A dog in Japan earned his 15 minutes of fame when he was captured on Google Street View fearlessly chasing the tech company’s Street View car down the road. The canine, from the district of Kumage in ...