Hoaxes in Japan

Japanese amateur archaeologist

Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)

“characters [moji] of the Age [dai] of the Gods [jin]”, scripts claimed to be from Japanese antiquity, but considered by epigraphic scholars to be mythological forgeries and beliefs

1899-1978 Japanese man whose naturally-mummified body was recovered from his apartment in 2010

grave of a Japanese legendary character sometimes identified with Jesus Christ

digital personality

thumb|Licking eyeballs may cause viral conjunctivitis (pictured).

ancient Japanese literature, ancient literature written in Woshite script

proposed method of generating pluripotent stem cells

hoax