By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who famously played up his friendship with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and together strengthened the U.S.-Japan alliance…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Opposition lawmakers are pressing the government to explain how “anti-social elements,” a vague term used for gangsters and other dodgy groups, attended a publicl…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the tomb of Emperor Jinmu here to report the completion of a series of enthronement rites …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun An opposition lawmaker described the reported number of guests invited by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his office to a publicly funded party as “unthinkable,” ci…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Pope Francis on Nov. 25 in Tokyo urged Japan to break free of its reliance on nuclear power and seek a different path while thinking of future generations.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When she returned home in Kobe one day, Nami Kishida sensed the tense mood between her mother and little brother in the living room. Her mother, Hiromi, told her …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SAPPORO--Sapporo is getting an early taste of Christmas after the Sapporo White Illumination event kicked off Nov. 22 with 810,000 or so LED bulbs brightening up …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--A boy about the age of 10 with his little brother—-who appears to be dead--tied to his back, stands at attention, staring straight ahead, patiently wait…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A mass extinction event 11.6 million years ago was apparently due to a huge meteor impact in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Minami-Torishima island 1,860 kilo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Lawyers and supporters of an “innocent Catholic” who spent nearly half a century behind bars after being sentenced to death are trying to arrange a meeting with P…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Scientists have found sugar in meteorites dating back billions of years, which may turn out to explain the origins of life on Earth.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun It's often said that the best way to get to know a place is to first get lost there. Emmanuel Bastian, one of two Frenchmen who founded the ultra-distance cycling…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito on Nov. 16 hosted a banquet at the Imperial Palace for nearly 300 guests who attended the key event of the Daijosai imperial succession rites.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japanese researchers discovered 143 stunning geoglyphs of humans, birds, camels and other animals etched into the desert in southern Peru around the mysterious Na…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Kagoshima Prefecture--With enemy forces having landed on Tanegashima island, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest destroyer, the Kaga, al…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NARA--German monk Gyoei Saile has long prepared for the chance of a lifetime, to take the qualifying oral exam at the prestigious Kofukuji temple here to become a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As the winds of suspicion churn over the use of taxpayers' money for the prime minister's annual cherry blossom event and the heavily partisan guest list, it appe…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The evening before Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement parade, the square in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo resounded with fervent chants of "banzai" that seem…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun For those who got through the crowds and security, the view of the shiny black motorcade carrying the imperial couple along the route to commemorate Emperor Naruh…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Under blue skies and perfect fall weather, a beaming Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako waved to the large crowds of well-wishers along their parade route from t…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo police will deploy about 26,000 officers to ensure a Nov. 10 parade celebrating the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito goes off without a hitch.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A U.S. F-16 fighter jet accidentally dropped a 230-kilogram mock bomb during training over private land near the Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture at around 6:…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun VIENNA--The Japanese Embassy here withdrew its certification for a diplomacy-related art exhibition that includes works on Japan’s responsibility for World War II…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MORIOKA--High school students here were understandably disappointed when their long-prepared school trip to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was canceled becau…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Recently found documents presented to Emperor Hirohito about Soviet spy Richard Sorge show that facts were fudged to avoid embarrassing government agencies that s…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Although fire destroyed large portions of Shuri-jo castle here, about 1,000 priceless art objects dating to the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) were spared in fi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Environmental protection of forests and the advancing age of artisans could hinder efforts to rebuild the many wooden structures at the Shuri-jo castle comp…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--A sensor sounded an alert about 50 minutes after a security guard made rounds inside Shuri-jo castle here on Oct. 31, and the blaze that razed much of the h…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--For more than 30 years, Koin Maeda had poured his heart and soul into restoring Shuri-jo castle from the devastation of war.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--A raging fire fueled by strong winds here destroyed large portions of Shuri-jo castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site that served as the center of politics an…