By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In an unusually early start to flu season, the Tokyo metropolitan area has entered a flu epidemic more than two months earlier than last year, which could result …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan pulled off the biggest upset of the Rugby World Cup on Sept. 28 by toppling Ireland 19-12 at Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The central government’s withdrawal of a subsidy for the Aichi Triennale 2019 international art festival has sparked cries of censorship and plans by Aichi Govern…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAMAISHI, Iwate Prefecture--An 8-year-old Japanese boy sang the national anthem of Uruguay ahead of its World Cup rugby match against Fiji on Sept. 25, drawing pr…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Kagoshima Prefecture—After a two-week delay, an H-2B rocket was launched here on Sept. 25, carrying an unmanned supply vehicle that will dock …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A new plant-eating dinosaur species identified from fossils unearthed in Hokkaido was given a scientific name that expresses the meaning, “god of Japanese dinosau…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled its first yacht under the high-end Lexus brand in the United States, a luxury cruiser that will carry a price tag of about 450 million…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Sekiwake Mitakeumi emerged from a three-way tie on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 22 to take the championship by beating seki…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In concert with the Global Climate Strike, a youth-led protest taking place in more than 160 countries ahead of the U.N. Climate Action Summit to be held in New Y…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Tattoos, although much maligned in modern Japan because of their association with the yakuza, were in vogue among women in and around Okinawa Prefecture mor…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun New Emperor Naruhito will stand on a throne-like platform that will place him higher than the heads of the legislative, executive and judicial branches at his ent…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun What seemed like extraordinary scenes due to climate change just a few years ago are now almost commonplace.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With temperatures rising in Japan at faster than the global average, farmers and scientists are locked in a high-stakes battle to develop varieties of rice and fr…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KUSATSU, Gunma Prefecture--The town government here bestowed honorary citizenship on a British missionary who committed herself to helping leprosy patients for 20…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Days after Typhoon No. 15 struck the Kanto region, Hisae Sakaki was still struggling to come to grips with the damage to her island home in the Pacific Ocean.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan may unwittingly find itself under international scrutiny over its use of the death penalty when Pope Francis makes his first visit to Japan this autumn.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Feeling a strong desire to get it right, figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu will stick to his program from last year at his first competition of the season in Oakvi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun WAKKANAI, Hokkaido--Now is the best time to take in the striking autumn scenery of Japanese pampas grass in the Sarobetsu wilderness here in Japan's northernmost …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TAKAMATSU--Local governments are offering hefty cash rewards for photos and other visual information to rebuild long-lost feudal castles so they inspire awe and m…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--While much of the Kanto region awoke to calm clear skies on the morning of Sept 9 after powerful Typhoon No. 15 struck, utter chaos was …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun FUKUOKA--Images taken around the world by a Japanese photographer who used only the moonlight to capture his subjects will be on display here starting Sept. 11.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun AKITA--An Akita Inu dog at the prefectural animal shelter is a royal's best friend, licking Empress Masako when the animal-loving imperial couple visited here on …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--It's all hands on board for services on the Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. until late November.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HACHINOHE, Aomori Prefecture--A 1-meter-long fish believed to be a bluefin tuna here is generating big waves online.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) plans to restart its investigation into the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant now that radiation lev…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest destroyer is going through changes--chief among them a retrofit of the deck that will enable not only helicopters, but a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A transgender woman originally from Southeast Asia has been granted special permission to continue living in Japan despite overstaying her visa for more than 25 y…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MADRID--Fairly obscure when he was alive, Tetsuya Ishida, an artist who satirized isolation and alienation in contemporary Japanese society, has drawn hundreds of…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Six dancers silently toss black garbage bags across the stage as images of the areas around a crippled nuclear power plant scroll over a large screen.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun YOKOHAMA--No two putts for anyone.