| - | Jomon-period lacquer items destroyed in Hokkaido fire | 12/30/02 |
| - | Site of faked finds may be cut from historic list | 5/28/02 |
| - | Archaeological probe dismisses 'findings' of disgraced Fujimura | 5/27/02 |
| -1,900 | Ruins of structures shed new light on second-century culture | 12/8/01 |
| -1,100 | Filming reveals gold leaf use at Kitora tomb | 12/8/01 |
| -6,400 | Joint research team finds world's oldest bricks | 11/3/01 |
| - | Family sues magazine over suicide | 11/2/01 |
| - | Archaeoloical 'finds' proved bogus | 10/12/01 |
| -2,100 | Tawayama find hints kanji introduced in Yayoi Period | 10/5/01 |
| - | Bogus archaeologist exposed again | 10/5/01 |
| - | Archaeologist admits faking another 'find' | 10/1/01 |
| -15,000 | First Americans linked to Jomon | 8/1/01 |
| - | Archaeology experts believe Obanazawa dig questionable | 7/25/01 |
| - | Scholars devise method to gauge stone tools' age | 6/6/01 |
| -1,800 | Nara mound is confirmed as the oldest of its kind | 5/31/01 |
| -5,000 | Timber find may be oldest yet | 5/14/01 |
| - | More dirt unearthed in Adachi | 5/8/01 |
| -2,100 | Burial mound discovered in Kyoto thought to date back to Yayoi Period | 5/25/01 |
| -1,900 | Yayoi brain tissue preserved in ruins | 4/17/01 |
| - | Allegations of faked findings spur archaeologist's suicide | 3/11/01 |
| - | Faked digs put archaeologists on defensive | 1/28/01 |
| - | Disgraced archaeologist denies other findings were also faked | 12/21/00 |
| - | More doubts over archaeologist's 'finds' | 11/19/00 |
| - | Archaeology institute sorry for researcher's faked finds | 11/7/00 |
| - | Fraudulent archaeology (editorial) (Mainichi Shimbun) | 11/7/00 |
| - | Fake discoveries shock archaeologists (Mainichi Shimbun) | 11/7/00 |
| - | Dirty digger unearthed (Mainichi Shimbun) | 11/6/00 |
| - | Renowned archaeologist admits to planting finds | 11/6/00 |
| -1,700 | Archaeologists unearth settlement mentioned in Wei Chronicle | 11/4/00 |
| -1,500 | Spread-winged bird dug up at Shijo Ruinss | 11/2/00 |
| -600,000 | Ancient dwellings found in Miyagi (Mainichi Shimbun)) | 10/24/00 |
| -600,000 | Archaeologists find 'oldest' habitation | 10/24/00 |
| -1,700 | Yayoi beads, accessories discovered in Kyoto tomb | 10/14/00 |
| -2,100 | Urn reveals oldest image of whaling | 6/1/00 |
| -1,400 | Asuka sluice find backs H20 theories | 5/25/00 |
| -1,000 | Unearthed pillar suggests 48-meter shrine | 4/29/00 |
| -24,000 | Relic believed to represent female form | 4/26/00 |
| -1,500 | Pristine clay carving hints at ancient funerary rites | 4/11/00 |
| -1,800 | Nara tomb discovery may stir debate over site of Queen Himiko's realm | 3/29/00 |
| -1,800 | Ancient burial chamber may be oldest in Japan | 3/28/00 |
| -1,400 | Saimei-era plaza found in Nara | 2/24/00 |
| -500,000 | Dig yields trace of 500,000-year-old house | 2/22/00 |
| -1,700,000 | Wolf fossil find dated to 1.7 million years | 1/19/00 |
| -5,000 | Remains of Jomon era village found | 11/12/99 |
| -1,800 | Archaeologists say mound may hold third century king | 9/16/99 |
| -2,400 | Japanese roots surprisingly shallow | 8/31/99 |
| -1,200 | 8th century enjoyed 15 rice strains | 7/27/99 |
| -350,000 | Discovery of tools puts primitive man in Saitama | 6/17/99 |
| -2,200 | Mold for bronze tools thought to be oldest found | 5/11/99 |
| -2,500 | Jomon smile at Tosa dig | 3/27/99 |
| -1,300 | Coin found in Nagano confirmed as Fuhonsen | 3/24/99 |
| -2,000 | Yayoi linked to Yangtze area | 3/19/99 |
| -6,000 | Oldest oar unearthed from Ishikawa ruins | 2/10/99 |
| -3,000 | Dogs suspected as Jomon-era pets | 2/10/99 |
| -2,500 | Wooden hoes may be nation's oldest | 1/21/99 |
| -1,300 | Old currency prompted by Tang threat | 1/21/99 |
| -1,300 | Ancient coins alter Japan's cash history | 1/20/99 |
| -2,000 | Yayoi remains found in Tohoku | 1/20/99 |
| -20,000 | Fossilized tusk unearthed in Shiga | 11/25/98 |
| -1,800 | Ancient bell found in Kyushu | 11/20/98 |
| -600,000 | Tools may be oldest in Japan | 11/4/98 |
| -11,000 | Oya skeleton may be Jomon Period's oldest | 7/7/98 |
| -2,000 | Yayoi stone heaps found in Kagawa | 4/19/98 |
| -3,500 | 3,500-year-old Chinese script found on bones | 3/31/98 |
| -18,000 | Stone Age relics found in Hokkaido | 10/15/97 |
| -5,500 | Excavation illuminating Jomon life | 10/7/97 |
| -25,000 | Stone knives date back 25,000 years | 10/3/97 |
| -6,000 | 6,000-year-old Hokkaido farm? | 8/21/97 |
| -6,000 | Archaeologists say 6,000-year-old tomb found in Hunan | 8/13/97 |
| -10,000 | Ancient earthenware found | 7/26/97 |
| -9,500 | Early Jomon hamlet found | 5/27/97 |
Tis the Season (Jan '98) 
In 1997-98, I wrote a monthly column for Japan Currents magazine, with a Japanese and English-speaking readership - "What's in a Word" - with some light linguistic musings on both English and Japanese topics, many of which I've posted here. They were published with Japanese translations, which may appear here someday, as well: