And yet, there are better ways to find drool-worthy food in Japan. So why does Google Maps fall short? Well, most Japanese people don't use it to find restaurants, so many reviews are from tourists.

This won't be the only situation in which two names pop up on Google Maps for a body of water. One example is the Sea of Japan, located to the west of Japan. It is labeled on Google Maps' world ...

Google Maps has previously been able to alert you ... the feature is available for “nearly 2000” toll roads in the US, India, Japan and Indonesia for its iOS and Android apps.

After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.

By Kellen Browning An unremarkable stretch of highway and trees, as seen on Google Maps’ Street View ... unless we’re in Japan. Yeah, we have to be in Japan here,” Mr. Rainbolt said ...

If you are in any other country that does not have a coast on the gulf, Google Maps labels the water body “Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)”. The sea that is bound by Japan and the Korean Peninsula ...

In Google Maps, there's going to be expanded Street ... Brazil, Mexico, Tasmania, Japan, Denmark, and France. According to Google, it's one of the most significant updates to Street View in ...