By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAWASAKI--Relatives of the man who went on a stabbing rampage had 14 consultations with city officials about his reclusive behavior, but he showed no signs of bei…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAWASAKI--The killer moved quickly and silently, and in less than 20 seconds, he had stabbed 19 people around a bus stop in Kawasaki’s Tama Ward, police sources s…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAWASAKI--An 11-year-old girl, a 39-year-old man and a suspect died following a stabbing rampage at a bus stop for elementary school children on May 28 that left …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HAKONE, Kanagawa Prefecture--A week after volcanic quakes nudged up Mount Hakoneyama's eruption warning level, tourists here on May 26 took in a re-creation of a …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Visiting U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, watched the last day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 26 along…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Fans lucky enough to win a lottery for tickets to next year's Tokyo Olympics should be aware of the fine print that bans the posting of videos and audio taken wit…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) conducted a predawn evacuation drill for a Shinkansen in Tokyo--including a walk along the tracks--on the assumption of carri…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--A trove of documents has revealed a detailed picture of the thriving gunmaking industry during the Edo Period (1603-1867), although it is…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Eleven police officers here stopped traffic to get their ducklings in a row.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Priding himself as a "mongrel" among the pedigreed players on the Yomiuri Giants, pitcher Koji Uehara overcame his underdog beginnings to shine on the mound in bo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prewar photos documenting the hunting of sea lions on the Takeshima islets in the Sea of Japan have been discovered, providing a rare glimpse into the now-extinct…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SHENZHEN, China--The head of major Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. downplayed the effects from the Trump administration’s "blac…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A consortium of Taiwanese and Chinese companies seems to be getting cold feet about investing heavily in Japan Display Inc.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Electric Power Co. has delayed the start of work to dismantle a dangerous and highly contaminated exhaust stack at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant b…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--A parade of people in colorful court attire put the crowd here on May 15 in the spirit to celebrate the first Aoi Festival of the Reiwa Era.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Detective Pikachu must be dancing a jig of joy in Ryme City following his Hollywood screen debut and successful opening weekend at the box office.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Researchers who decoded the entire genome of a woman who lived in Hokkaido 3,800 years ago said she was well-adapted to a diet rich in fat and had a high toleranc…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun LAHORE, Pakistan--Arslan Ash caused quite a stir in Fukuoka in February.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--In mounting anger against sexual violence across Japan, about 250 demonstrators on May 11 here denounced recent court rulings that found offenders not guil…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A private educational institution famed for instilling Christian values into its curriculum fired its own head for what was described as egregious fabrication of …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KONAN, Aichi Prefecture--Ontake Yakushison is the coolest Buddhist statue in these parts, if seen from the proper angle.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun RIFU, Miyagi Prefecture--East Japan Railway Co. said it has completed a test train of the next-generation Shinkansen, which will run at 360 kph, the fastest in the…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito wore ceremonial court attire May 8 for a time-honored rite at the Imperial Palace to report the dates of two important functions to be held this …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Finance Ministry officials are taking extraordinary measures to prevent modern monetary theory (MMT), an economic approach that advocates government spending, fro…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Advertisement signboards in Hangul for wigs and false eyelashes have popped up in Dandong, a Chinese city near the border with North Korea.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--A young woman who will play the heroine of Kyoto’s centuries-old Aoi Festival performed a purification ceremony at a shrine here on May 4, ahead of the fes…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito greeted tens of thousands of well-wishers from the Imperial Palace veranda on May 4, his first appearance before the public since he ascended the…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--Hungry visitors here were drooling over perfectly soft “onigiri” rice balls, crispy-fried tempura, hearty stew, savory sweets and freshly popped popcorn.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Many people watching the televised ceremony at the Imperial Palace on May 1 were fixed on Masako, the new empress who has been largely out of the public eye in re…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The last garden party of the Heisei Era (1989-2019) held at the Akasaka Estate in November was the first in 15 years in which then Crown Princess Masako took part…