By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Original digitized drawings were among data retrieved from a computer server that avoided serious damage in the arson attack on Kyoto Animation Co.’s No. 1…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Learning from the devastating flooding in western Japan that claimed more than 200 lives a year ago, local municipalities are taking steps to issue emergency aler…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As the death toll in an arson attack on an animation studio rose to 35 on July 27, investigators were examining items seized from the suspect's apartment includin…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HIROSHIMA--Acclaimed film director Nobuhiko Obayashi visited the Memorial Peace Park here July 26 to pray for repose of victims of the city's 1945 atomic bombing.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 25 released pictures and video of the Hayabusa 2 space probe landing on the asteroid Ryugu and kicking up sa…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Junichi Kawanishi said his "mind went blank" when he learned that his designs had been chosen for the medals to be awarded at the Tokyo Olympics.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun China and Russia apparently used a first joint exercise to send four military planes into Japan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 23.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Executives from 14 major Japanese firms have signed on to a global effort to achieve gender diversity by boosting female representation on company boards to 30 pe…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MIYAZAKI--Business owners and around 200 stray cats, once the source of complaints about stench and hygiene, are learning to coexist in the Nishitachi nightlife d…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Flowers and messages near the scene of a horrific arson attack have been left not only by Japanese mourners but also people from abroad whose interest in J…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned a top South Korean diplomat on July 19 to express his frustration after Seoul ignored a deadline to help establish an arbitrat…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Mitsuru Honda suffers from an intractable disease that is causing his muscles to atrophy.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun An organization that assists refugees is criticizing immigration officials for singling out and discriminating against Sri Lankan nationals seeking to enter Japan…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun GAMAGORI, Aichi Prefecture--A competition to find the strangest creature of all the weird and wonderful specimens at zoos and aquariums across Japan has been won …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party dropped ahead of the July 21 Upper House election, but the level was still nearly triple that for its nearest comp…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A ball rolls up a slope. A circular cylinder changes its form into a star-shaped cylinder when seen in a mirror.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A full model skeleton of a dinosaur known as "horrible hand" made its world debut on July 13 at the Dinosaur Expo 2019 held at the National Museum of Nature and S…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Truck driver Takeyuki Terasawa always carried a decade-old picture of a baby boy with a big smile in the cab of his vehicle.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MINO, Gifu Prefecture--Yuga Arisawa spent two years perfecting his technique for crafting origami cats from tiny sheets of paper that require 83 creases and three…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HITA, Oita Prefecture--A steam locomotive that last chugged across the landscape here nearly half a century ago has been brought back to life.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Five exhausted canoeists proved July 9 it is possible Japan was settled 30,000 years ago by Old Stone Age people from Taiwan.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--Centuries-old metallic decorations for a portable shrine were discovered at a famed shrine here, raising hopes for a revival of an ancient festival that wa…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Surfer Kanoa Igarashi was making waves long before he became a top Japanese contender for the Tokyo Olympics. The 21-year-old, born to Japanese parents, learned t…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The dramatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone on June 30 may not have been such a surpris…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A sprawling "Akira" mural in Tokyo's Shibuya district that attracted anime fans from all over the world--including some big names--is being taken down.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the only party leader in a July 3 debate who opposed a dual-surname system for married couples, and then he scolded a reporter who r…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun "Made in Japan" is an understatement when it comes to famed architect Kengo Kuma's design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics' main venue.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HONG KONG--Riot police early on July 2 used tear gas to remove demonstrators who had broken into the Legislative Council complex hours earlier to protest governme…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Under the watchful eye of the world's media, fishermen hunting for whales sailed from Japanese ports on July 1 amid hopes and concerns from the public, as Japan r…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may not be a fan of elevators in castles, his apparent disregard for the importance of a barrier-free society has drawn ire and…