THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 18, 2020 at 16:00 JST
Makoto Uchida, left, a geology professor at Ibaraki University, and other members of the research team that discovered the rock strata that led to the selection of the Chibanian age name hold a news conference in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Jan. 17. (Maiko Kobayashi)
For the first time, Japan has carved out a spot for itself among the hundred or so geologic ages recognized by scientific organizations. [Read More]
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