By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun At one time, a basic principle of dealing with refugees was that international support could only be extended after they had crossed the border out of their homel…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Fuyuko Yoshimoto was among the many residents in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, still removing mud-covered items from flooded homes on Oct. 28 and adding to the mounta…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SAGAMIHARA--Landslides triggered by Typhoon No. 19 have buried sections of the Olympic cycling road race course along National Route No. 413, and city officials s…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KYOTO--A top hotel operator is teaming with a geisha school to open the first luxury accommodation facility in the popular Gion district here.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HAKONE, Kanagawa Prefecture--Visitors to this popular tourist spot can now enjoy autumn colors from above, despite an earlier volcanic warning and recent flooding…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Combining real life and fantasy, playwright Hideki Noda’s latest production features references to Japan’s feudal past, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and “A N…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun DALLAS--Less than three minutes into the NBA season opener here, basketball fans in Washington and Japan received some long-awaited words: “Rui’s first career buc…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOFU--Wintry weather finally made an appearance atop Mount Fuji, where snow was observed for the first time this season.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With 2,000 guests looking on, Emperor Naruhito during his enthronement ceremony on Oct. 22 stood solemnly on the throne-like structure with ties to ones used by h…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun On the eve of Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement rite, criticisms remain that the government failed to address concerns about the constitutionality of the ceremony a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The full extent of the devastation caused by Typhoon No. 19 remains unclear a week after the storm brought unprecedented downpours to eastern Japan.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nearly two weeks after losing a third of its fleet in flooding from Typhoon No. 19, the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will resume service along its entire route betwee…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito's enthronement parade has been moved from Oct. 22 to Nov. 10, it was decided at a Cabinet meeting, out of respect for victims of a typhoon that r…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As eastern Japan continues to recover from Typhoon No. 19, many areas inundated by floods are struggling to return to normal, including a community in Fukushima P…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Deep below areas around Tokyo, an unsung hero has been hard at work preventing rivers from flooding due to Typhoon No. 19 that lashed eastern Japan over the weeke…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGANOHARA, Gunma Prefecture--Record-breaking rainfall brought by Typhoon No. 19 nearly filled Yamba Dam here overnight from Oct. 12.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The death toll from Typhoon No. 19 reached 34 on Oct. 14, according to calculations by The Asahi Shimbun, but authorities say the full scale of the disaster that …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Widespread flooding was reported as Typhoon No. 19 battered the nation from Oct. 12 to 13, packing record rains that caused rivers to overspill their banks in man…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As massive Typhoon No. 19 approached the Kanto region, hotels and inns in popular tourist destinations were deluged on Oct. 12 with cancellations at the start of …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Packing a powerful destructive force, massive Typhoon No. 19 is expected to make landfall at the Tokai or Kanto region from late afternoon through the evening of …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Growing up in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, after World War II, future Nobel Prize winner Akira Yoshino used to roam his neighborhood's many bamboo groves …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow with Asahi Kasei Corp., is one of three co-recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the basic technolog…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The luxury convertible that will carry Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako through the streets of Tokyo on Oct. 22 during the enthronement ceremony parade has bee…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A Fisheries Agency patrol vessel collided with a North Korean ship in a prime fishing area in the Sea of Japan on Oct. 7, throwing the intruding vessel's crew ove…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KUMAMOTO--A large crowd marveled at the majestic sight of the restored exterior of the main keep of Kumamoto Castle when the castle grounds were opened to the pub…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A ceremony was held Oct. 4 in Gifu Prefecture to mark the completion of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector that scientists hope will play a key role in detecti…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Long before probes began exploring the solar system, Masatsugu Minami was peering at the red planet through a telescope and drawing what he saw. And he kept drawi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--Shortly after he turned 3, Taichi Mikazuki stunned his parents when he asked, "Why me?"

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SEOUL--North Korea is thought to have launched a ballistic missile from a submarine on Oct. 2, ramping up the security threat to Japan as SLBMs are more difficult…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Store clerks were busily changing price tags across Japan on Oct. 1 as the nation's first consumption tax hike in more than five years took effect, raising the ra…