By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As former world No. 4 tennis star Kei Nishikori mulls over a dismal 2020 due to surgery and contracting the novel coronavirus, he finds hope from looking back two…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A volcano on a small island here with an 80-strong population erupted early Dec. 28, spewing large rocks and other debris into the …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan will reimpose an entry ban on international travelers from Dec. 28 through the end of January to prevent a further spread of a mutated strain of the novel c…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on the nation to spend the year-end period quietly and refrain from traditional social activities as records for new COVID-19…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In the future, rugby fans in Tokyo won't have to brave the cold, rain or even snowfall to cheer on their favorites.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A recent advertisement by the Japanese arm of Nike Inc. has been lauded for sending an inspirational message about using sports to help overcome an identity crisi…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Declassified diplomatic documents from the late 1980s released Dec. 23 by the Foreign Ministry offer a rare glimpse into concerns raised by U.S. President Ronald …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In August 1979, an extremely nervous Masami Shirayama took the elevator to the penthouse suite on the top floor of the plush Hotel Okura Tokyo with sample eyeglas…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Around the time Joe Biden was giving his victory speech in Delaware as U.S. president-elect on Nov. 8, two B-1B strategic bombers took off from Andersen U.S. Air …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun LONDON--A senior antidoping regulator official expressed disappointment with a court's decision this month to reduce Russia’s four-year ban from global sports ove…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A new missile defense policy directive approved by the Suga administration makes no mention of whether Japan should acquire first-strike capability against enemy …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Hundreds of motorists remain stranded on the Kan-etsu Expressway that connects Niigata Prefecture and Tokyo after heavy overnight snow from Dec. 16 paralyzed traf…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo police filed criminal papers with prosecutors on Dec. 17 against a man in his 20s on suspicion of contempt, in relation to the high-profile cyberbullying of…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Efforts to inch toward a system that would allow married couples to use separate surnames suffered a huge setback after die-hard opponents in the ruling Liberal D…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KASUGAI, Aichi Prefecture--In her 50s, Sanae Yamada has shifted her life into fifth gear, thanks to her late husband's beloved NSX vehicle. She's now driving the …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When he’s not putting himself in danger by scaling the world’s highest peaks, Kazuya Hiraide often leans against a tree trunk in Nagano Prefecture to collect his …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun FUKUOKA--When torrential rains caused extensive hardship and damage in Kumamoto Prefecture this summer, Murat Ensici felt compelled to act.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Fresh COVID-19 cases across the nation as of 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 12 reached 3,024, breaking the daily record of 2,972 set just two days earlier.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Normally the visitors lined up at the Bank of the Ryukyus’ main office are eager to deal with their accounts, not hear an account of the bank.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Suga Cabinet will soon approve a new missile defense policy directive but avoid calling for first-strike capability before ballistic missiles are launched aga…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A woman feels her message about aviation safety is finally being taken seriously by the company largely blamed for a jumbo jet crash in 1985 that killed 520 peopl…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Self-Defense Forces will provide 10 nurses and other health care professionals to rescue the Hokkaido city of Asahikawa's medical care structure from collapse…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KUSATSU, Gunma Prefecture--An assemblywoman here who accused the town mayor of sexual assault lost her seat after more than 90 percent of voters called for her di…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Those people sitting outside of a guest house in Tokyo's Sumida Ward weren't thrown out into the cold or denied a place to stay.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun UEDA, Nagano Prefecture--A small private art museum here dedicated to displaying the works of Japanese students drafted as soldiers and killed on the front lines …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--A young woman living in the American Midwest remains livid over what was supposed to be a dream adventure in Japan.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prosecutors have asked former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to submit to voluntary questioning about annual hotel banquets that were apparently subsidized by a suppor…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OITA--Karsten Kiesewetter has long been tormented by how his distant ancestor known for his “high-spirited and cheerful” personality wound up dying in a far-off i…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun YOKOHAMA--Watch out below, Gundam has come to life. The 18-meter-tall, 25-ton movable model finally got to stretch its arms and legs in public when it showed off …