By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The National Police Agency in fiscal 2020 will deploy its first special unit dedicated to patrolling outlying islands near Japan’s southern borders, including the…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun YOKOHAMA--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his pledge to support investments by Japanese companies in African countries during the opening session of the Seventh…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun FUJINOMIYA, Shizuoka Prefecture--After an inspired journey up Mount Fuji, a group of university rugby club members hoisted the Rugby World Cup trophy at dawn to p…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Transport ministry investigators said cracks found in the undercarriage of a Nankai limited express train that connects a hub station in Osaka with Kansai Interna…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Amid much fanfare, the design of uniforms to be worn by torch relay runners for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics was unveiled on Aug. 25 at a one-year countdown event t…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--If finding a four-leaf clover is said to bring good luck, then Takatoshi Hada may soon be the luckiest man in Japan. The Beppu resident fo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Companies across Japan are sensing new business opportunities by offering support services for foreign nationals arriving under a specified skills visa system int…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With their small eyes, erect triangular ears and curled tails, Akita Inu dogs have stolen the spotlight at home and abroad.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The death of a Nigerian man following a hunger strike in a protest over his long incarceration at an immigration center prompted dozens of detainees at the facili…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The government has been caught in a lie over its plans to retrofit the Izumo destroyer and effectively transform the vessel into an aircraft carrier.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Hirohito sought to express his feelings of remorse over World War II in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by the prime minister of the time, newly disclo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture--A turn-of-the-century villa here that served as a summer residence for notable personalities appears to be in danger of demolition.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KUSATSU, Shiga Prefecture--On May 9, 1865, key members of the Shinsengumi special police force organized by the Tokugawa Shogunate let their hair down at an inn i…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prince Hisahito arrived in Bhutan on Aug. 17 on his first overseas trip, accompanied by his mother Crown Princess Kiko.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A trailblazing genome analysis of ancient human remains threatens to overturn a long-accepted theory about the lineage of people living in and around what is now …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OMUTA, Fukuoka Prefecture--With students sporting atomic bomb hoodies and mushroom cloud symbols seen everywhere on campus, it was only a matter of time before a …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--About 100 teachers and students gathered for a peace rally at Okinawa International University on Aug. 13 to mark 15 years since a U.…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TOKUSHIMA--The popular Awa Odori dance festival that draws more than 1 million spectators annually opened on Aug. 12 here under new management after the cancellat…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With dusk approaching, one-eyed goblins and water imps took over a popular sightseeing area of the ancient capital's Ukyo Ward, dishing out a mixture of fun and f…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGOYA--A Buddhist temple here is enlisting another model of the popular anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" during the Bon holidays to answer its prayers for more visitor…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HIRAYA, Nagano Prefecture--A photo featuring sumo wrestlers in traditional fighting attire standing in a field of sunflowers here has taken off on Twitter.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun By the summer of 2022, storage tanks holding processed water on the grounds of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will become completely full, accor…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--A Christian cross that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and cemented an otherwise-unlikely friendship between a Japanese bishop and a U.S. M…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Clutching her AIG Women's British Open silver trophy, Hinako Shibuno returned to Japan with her sights now set on adding an Olympic gold medal next summer to her …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A simulation of a deadly arson fire last month at Kyoto Animation Co. showed that smoke would have filled a stairway from the third floor to the roof just 15 seco…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When rookie pro Hinako Shibuno headed overseas to play in the AIG Women’s British Open, a friend asked her to bring back a souvenir from Britain.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGOYA--The artistic director of an international art festival here aimed at shedding light on freedom of expression apologized on Aug. 3 for caving into public p…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Dozens of cartoon panels depicting the story of a girl and her pet dog that have charmed pedestrians in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya Ward for more than a year are to …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan on Aug. 2 approved an order to remove South Korea from the “white list” of nations that receive minimum trade restrictions, a move certain to further aggrav…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Tokyo High Court rejected a request for a retrial of a man who died in prison while under sentence of death for the 1949 derailment of an unmanned train that …