By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OKAZAKI, Aichi Prefecture--From her hospital bed, 7-year-old Saki Kobayashi, who has been battling cerebral palsy since birth, wanted to send her congratulations …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--The Group of 20 summit got under way here on June 28 as world leaders began discussing such themes as the global economy, innovation and climate change.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Japan Coast Guard and the Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted their first joint drill in the South China Sea on June 26, in a move apparently aimed at reini…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo was baffled but kept calm after U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet and comments that seemed to negate mutual trust forged through his country's longtime de…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--In the tight security measures leading up to the Group of 20 summit here, even the inner moat of Osaka Castle located in Osaka's Chuo Ward is feeling the r…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The airline and hotel industries appear to be the most painful in terms of footwear rules for female employees, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn had half the funds sent by French carmaker Renault as well as Nissan to a dealership in Oman diverted to his own pri…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A woman's exasperated tweet about names in Japanese passports led to an unexpectedly quick response from the Foreign Ministry.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A junior high school basketball coach in central Japan offered some advice to a child who was self-conscious about his appearance.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Have you ever wondered how a morpho butterfly gets its stunning iridescent blue color?

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Viruses connected to Russian hackers were found on a personal computer that was used to steal NEM cryptocurrency worth about 58 billion yen ($535 million), an att…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGISO, Nagano Prefecture--In an instant, the secret of the ancient trail was out. More than 30,000 backpackers from around the globe trekked the slopes in a depo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nonprofit organization Peace Boat canceled its mission to deliver relief supplies to tornado-ravaged Cuba because of recently tightened U.S. economic sanctions ag…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In an unprecedented action, the Japan Racing Association on June 15 disqualified more than 150 horses from races at three tracks across Japan after a banned subst…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Pope Francis will likely travel to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in November in what will be the first papal visit to Japan in 38 years, government and other sources sai…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KITA-KYUSHU--A large marine mammal that is believed to be a whale was spotted swimming in a port here with its head and dorsal fin jutting out of the water, drawi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A record 3,129 people became stranded in mountains in Japan last year, the National Police Agency (NPA) announced June 13.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HIROSHIMA--Seven minutes of footage from Hideo Inoue's home movies offer invaluable insight into what this city was like 11 years before it was destroyed by an at…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun More than 1,600 foreign students have gone missing from a Tokyo-based social welfare university, which has been ordered by the education ministry to stop acceptin…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Cheap liquid glue commonly found in stationery shops and convenience stores is a perfectly acceptable alternative to a pricey fluid normally used to culture stem …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MIKURAJIMA, Tokyo--Dolphin-watching season has opened in waters off this island, home to at least 150 often-curious Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOBE--An apparent sting operation by immigration authorities here to round up illegal foreign overstayers backfired when the Chinese president of a personnel disp…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Major chemical manufacturer Kaneka Corp. defended its labor practices on June 6 amid widespread criticism that it tried to transfer an employee as “punishment” fo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--On the wall of the Genki Curry (Vitality curry) restaurant here in the Shijocho district, about 30 pieces of paper that look like movi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Over the past century there has been occasional talk of “desecrating” Mount Fuji by building a railway line to improve access, but nothing ever came of it.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Their facial expressions frozen in time, an immaculately well-preserved cave lion cub and wolf head have been found in the Siberian permafrost after 30,000 years.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SEOUL--North Korea blasted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for seeking a summit with Kim Jong Un with no preconditions, calling it "brazen-faced."

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OWARI-ASAHI, Aichi Prefecture--Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended an annual tree-planting ceremony in central Japan on June 2, their first official duty…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Photos kept hidden out of fear for 30 years have finally surfaced showing the brutality and anger surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently held its regional meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan to discuss the various challenges associated with …