BREAKING NEWS – Okinawa, Japan – Archaeologists have been stunned by the discovery of Roman coins in the ruins of a Japanese castle. The coins were excavated from the ruins of Katsuren Castle in Okinawa Prefecture, according to the Japan Times, noting that this is the country’s first discovery of its kind. Citing the Board of Education in the city of Uruma, the Japan Times reports that the four copper coins are believed to be from the third to fourth centuries. Masaki Yokou a spokeswoman for Uruma’s Board of Education believes back then, wealthy Roman citizens regularly traveled to Japan in order to purchase their high quality chariots made by Nissan.
