By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Health experts warn that the rapidly rising death toll from COVID-19 could worsen as the continuing increase in seriously ill patients has now forced overrun hosp…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gained a new title, general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), reinstating the highest post previously …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TACHIARAI, Fukuoka Prefecture--When demand suddenly started pouring in for a sake mostly popular with connoisseurs, Tadatsugu Inoue at the Mii no Kotobuki brewery…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The health ministry plans to introduce penalties for those confirmed with COVID-19 but who refuse to be hospitalized.
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga overrode coronavirus-prevention plans to impose a blanket ban on entry into Japan and decided to maintain eased immigration rules fo…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A Nepalese man who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but after some misunderstandings, he decided against self-isolation and…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japanese drug companies are moving at an “unprecedented” pace to develop COVID-19 vaccines, but their foreign rivals have already won the race.
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan is close to suspending relaxed entry restrictions for foreign nationals under business travel and other agreements with 11 countries and regions, including …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun At first, noted contemporary artist Akira Yamaguchi had no desire to put his talent to work to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. “I did not want to be i…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun At Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, many of the sparse number of visitors on New Year's Day said they prayed that the novel coronavirus would go away quickly.
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito delivered a video message for the first time to address the nation and mark the new year by saying he prayed that 2021 will prove to be a sea cha…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOBE--It’s been nearly 80 years since a “visa for life” helped young Jewish refugee Berl Schor escape from the horrors of Nazi Germany and make his way to this we…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Charred work-related documents dated Dec. 2, 2012, remain stuck fast to a young woman's bag.
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As former world No. 4 tennis star Kei Nishikori mulls over a dismal 2020 due to surgery and contracting the novel coronavirus, he finds hope from looking back two…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A volcano on a small island here with an 80-strong population erupted early Dec. 28, spewing large rocks and other debris into the …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan will reimpose an entry ban on international travelers from Dec. 28 through the end of January to prevent a further spread of a mutated strain of the novel c…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on the nation to spend the year-end period quietly and refrain from traditional social activities as records for new COVID-19…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In the future, rugby fans in Tokyo won't have to brave the cold, rain or even snowfall to cheer on their favorites.
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A recent advertisement by the Japanese arm of Nike Inc. has been lauded for sending an inspirational message about using sports to help overcome an identity crisi…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Declassified diplomatic documents from the late 1980s released Dec. 23 by the Foreign Ministry offer a rare glimpse into concerns raised by U.S. President Ronald …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In August 1979, an extremely nervous Masami Shirayama took the elevator to the penthouse suite on the top floor of the plush Hotel Okura Tokyo with sample eyeglas…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Around the time Joe Biden was giving his victory speech in Delaware as U.S. president-elect on Nov. 8, two B-1B strategic bombers took off from Andersen U.S. Air …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun LONDON--A senior antidoping regulator official expressed disappointment with a court's decision this month to reduce Russia’s four-year ban from global sports ove…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A new missile defense policy directive approved by the Suga administration makes no mention of whether Japan should acquire first-strike capability against enemy …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Hundreds of motorists remain stranded on the Kan-etsu Expressway that connects Niigata Prefecture and Tokyo after heavy overnight snow from Dec. 16 paralyzed traf…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo police filed criminal papers with prosecutors on Dec. 17 against a man in his 20s on suspicion of contempt, in relation to the high-profile cyberbullying of…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Efforts to inch toward a system that would allow married couples to use separate surnames suffered a huge setback after die-hard opponents in the ruling Liberal D…
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KASUGAI, Aichi Prefecture--In her 50s, Sanae Yamada has shifted her life into fifth gear, thanks to her late husband's beloved NSX vehicle. She's now driving the …
By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When he’s not putting himself in danger by scaling the world’s highest peaks, Kazuya Hiraide often leans against a tree trunk in Nagano Prefecture to collect his …
