By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Slowest in the pool at the start, Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee quickly found her championship form in a stirring comeback that brought tears to her eyes and…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun As the notion of life without Shinzo Abe as prime minister began to sink in, people from all walks of life weighed in with what they felt was his legacy.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Social media predictably reacted to prominent banners hoisted at local government buildings in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's home constituency in Yamaguchi Prefectu…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun While most snakes swallow their prey whole, one species of snake on Borneo island in Malaysia uses its left and right lower jaws like a knife and fork to separate…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun People in Tokyo brought their yoga to new heights as they stretched and relaxed on the roof of the tallest building in the Shibuya district on Aug. 26.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan will partially reopen travel to and from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar in early September as restrictions that were imposed amid the novel coronavirus pandemic…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan's capital confirmed 95 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Aug. 24, the Tokyo metropolitan government announced. It is the first time Tokyo's daily count …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--A scaled-back memorial service was held here on Aug. 22 on the 76th anniversary of the sinking of a Japanese cargo ship evacuating about 1,800 children, tea…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A spectacular fireball lit up the sky over the Kanto region around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 21.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Kyotaro Tago's job late in World War II was to decide which young pilots to send to their deaths on kamikaze suicide missions. He was only 19 years old.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--At three years shy of turning 100 years old, Chieko Sugimoto is not easily flummoxed, but nothing could have prepared her emotionally for …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun There's nothing to beat the great outdoors and camping out under the stars. The trick, of course, is finding the perfect spot.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Two high-pressure systems overlapping over the Japanese archipelago brought down scorching heat nationwide on Aug. 17, raising temperatures in some parts of Japan…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Scientists say Japanese eels can likely climb a waterfall that drops 46 meters, a finding that could offer clues in helping to combat dwindling numbers of the end…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun IBUSUKI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Instead of a paint brush, two men used a high-pressure washer to create a work of art depicting characters from a popular Japanese …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Naruhito made his first public comment about the novel coronavirus pandemic during a ceremony Aug. 15 to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan's defeat in Wo…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--Researchers have unearthed human bones from more than 1,500 people at a former cemetery that is part of a large-scale redevelopment plan near JR Osaka Stat…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Citizens took to the streets of Tokyo on Aug. 12 to support Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and others who have been arrested by police on suspicion o…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When a longtime dictatorship in Sudan was overthrown by a coup and the military took control of the government, protesters gathered on the outskirts of the capita…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan's kamikaze missions in the waning days of World War II must rank as one of the strangest and scariest tactics ever devised in the annals of warfare.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--When the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, 14-year-old Shigemi Fukahori was working in a shipyard.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--As Nagasaki solemnly marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing, the mayor here on Aug. 9 pressed Japan to sign and ratify a United Nations treat…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Health authorities reported a record number of COVID-19 infections nationwide on Aug. 7, an ominous start to the Bon holiday season that kicked off the same day.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Novel coronavirus infections are spreading at around the same pace seen in March and April in some regions, creating an “alarming” situation that requires urgent …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun In a new photobook, a girl, wearing a short dress and sporting a bobbed hairstyle, has a big grin on her face. Another little girl next to her stares at something…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nihon University rugby players accused the school of brushing aside the reign of terror of their former head coach, who tortured a player with toothpicks and thre…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nippon Steel Corp. says it plans to immediately appeal a South Korean court decision to seize its assets held in South Korea to compensate wartime laborers.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Nearly 20,000 foreign technical intern trainees, many of whom have completed their programs and now have limited sources of income, have been stuck in Japan becau…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Health care workers around the nation fear hospitals may soon lack beds, trained staff and equipment to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients during the “second w…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Continuing volcanic activity on remote Nishinoshima island that flared more than six months ago shows no sign of abating. Nishinoshima is part of the Ogasawara is…