By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--It looked like a scene from “Gulliver's Travels” as workers towered over the world's renowned structures at a theme park here, doing ye…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Okubo Toshimichi, one of the heroes of the Meiji Restoration, has been viewed as a coldhearted dictator with a penchant for cruelty. But recent research has revea…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Defense Ministry on Dec. 28 released video footage taken by a Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft showing it being targeted by fire-control radar from a Sout…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun While commercial whaling will resume in waters off Japan this summer, companies in the fisheries industry are unenthusiastic about the prospects given internation…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NARA--A rare set of Hina dolls from the late Meiji Era (1868-1912) is set to go on display for the first time here.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly was released from detention in Tokyo on Tuesday after being granted bail over the alleged under-reporting of his boss Carlos…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With Christmas just around the corner, there was no mistaking the festive spirit in Japan on Dec. 23.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Although not by his side, Empress Michiko was very much in Emperor Akihito's heart as he choked up with emotion when he mentioned his wife at a news conference to…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Akihito reflected on his 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne in an emotional news conference that was held ahead of the national holiday that falls on De…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prosecutors were stunned by the Tokyo District Court’s rejection of their request to extend the detention of Carlos Ghosn, with some suggesting the court caved in…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--The dramatic rescue of Thai boys trapped inside a flooded cave this summer might not have been possible without the help of light-emitting tiles produced i…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Why do deer loiter around railway tracks? That question puzzled Norihiko Kajimura, who serves as head of a development and planning team in the building material …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Sixty percent of Japanese oppose the central government’s recently started land reclamation project for a new U.S. military facility in Okinawa Prefecture, an Asa…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SAPPORO--At least 40 people were injured after an explosion apparently triggered by spray-can fumes ripped apart a restaurant and realtor office here Dec. 16, for…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn used his influence to have the automaker select a distributor in India and land for a factory in Brazil apparently d…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun FUEFUKI, Yamanashi Prefecture--Foreign sightseers coming to see Mount Fuji are helping the six remaining students at an elementary school here scale some heights …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--The Ashura Buddha statue in Nara's Kofukuji temple may be silent, but it's not stone-faced, according to researchers.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When historians pore over a crucial meeting that decided the date for Emperor Akihito's abdication, they no doubt will be perplexed to discover that detailed minu…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The ruling coalition on Dec. 11 approved a defense policy outline that includes upgrading a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to give it capabilities normally…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast is a foregone conclusion, and the government is now urging residents to evacuate for at least a week if one…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Like others held at the Tokyo Detention House awaiting formal charges, Carlos Ghosn has endured meager meals, a cold solitary cell and not even the freedom to lie…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun On her final birthday before she becomes the new empress next year, recovering Crown Princess Masako expressed her desire to dedicate herself to working for the h…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As Japan faces the prospect of an influx of foreign workers from April, the Justice Ministry and related government departments are frantically working to flesh o…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Even after seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for months, atomic bomb survivor and anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow will return home to Canada …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prominent hibakusha and anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow is visiting Tokyo to urge the government to reconsider its opposition to signing the U.N. Treaty on …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Rare black-and-white films have surfaced here featuring a leading figure of Japanese cinema in its cradle years and scenes from his daily life.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Labor unions are criticizing the dismissal of non-regular foreign employees as labor adjustment, pointing to the 2,900 temporary workers of Japanese ancestry at a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Dozens of "geiko" (geisha) and "maiko" apprentices lent an air of added elegance to a Kabuki performance at the newly renovated Minamiza theater here on De…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OISO, Kanagawa Prefecture--A rare Japanese-style scroll promoting Christianity during the spread of the religion in Japan has been dated back to the late 16th cen…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun BUENOS AIRES--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the three-way auto alliance engineered by Carlos Ghosn is a symbol of Japanese-French industrial cooperation that mus…