By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The whistle-blower at Nissan Motor Co. who helped bring down former Chairman Carlos Ghosn over allegations of financial misconduct said in a choking voice in cour…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A brawl that erupted in Tokyo’s Kabukicho, Japan's largest red-light district, was apparently a flareup in a simmering turf war between a yakuza crime syndicate a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan's Alpha-X next-generation Shinkansen on Oct. 27 smashed all speed records to date by bullet trains running commercially, hitting a top speed of 382 kph in a…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Much of Okinawa Prefecture's treasured Shuri-jo castle remains a desolate landscape a year after fire gutted the site that was a center of politics and cult…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KANAZAWA--With an assist from soccer great Hidetoshi Nakata, the National Crafts Museum settled into its new home and opened to the public here on Oct. 25, after …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Mass rape on a scale that defies imagination and countless children born out of brutal sexual assault. A second book by Israeli photographer Jonathan Torgovnik th…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The government decided to delay authorizing a controversial plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear pla…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Princess Mako, who turned 29 on Oct. 23, has managed to stay engaged with the public despite restrictions on her activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga refrained from mentioning China when he pushed for a free and open Indo-Pacific region, but Beijing still criticized the Japanese le…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAZO, Saitama Prefecture--Two gigantic “koinobori” (carp streamers) were taken out of storage and given an airing outside on Oct. 21 to prepare for when the banne…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Environmental researchers have plugged into a simple solution for boosting the spread of renewable energy and it's hanging in the air overhead.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Desperate to attract young people to join the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), recruiters have turned themselves into YouTubers to make its service seem cool.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Eighty-nine-year-old Aiko Nakamoto has never returned to Japan after moving with her husband to Hamhung, his hometown in North Korea, in 1960.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Despite limited resources and a dwindling number of witnesses, a citizens group has continued efforts to determine conditions in POW camps in Japan where 10 perce…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Company employee Akira Sakurai got up early for the opening 7 a.m. screening on Oct. 16 of “Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train,” which has been creating a huge b…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KASHGAR, China--At a domed building here in early October, the Islamic crescent symbol that indicated it had been a mosque had been removed. The interior of the b…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Next time you dine out with a friend, you may want to think carefully about the seating pattern you end up with.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga knew that some scholars would be denied membership to the Science Council of Japan before he approved a list of recommendations that…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A sexual minority support center opened in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 11 for holding official programs for the 2020 Olympic Games, which is promoting “diversit…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun AWAJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Godzilla has been spotted at a prefectural park here, but instead of fleeing in fear, adventure-goers can battle the mighty monster.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KAWASAKI--City authorities here will take the unprecedented step of asking Twitter to delete two posts defined as hate speech, but the target of the hateful comme…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Two towns in Hokkaido took the lead in an extremely unpopular contest by announcing they were applying to host a final storage site of nuclear waste.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun International business travel for Japanese nationals and those with residency status will likely become much more convenient without having to self-quarantine for…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KANAZAWA--Gambling addict and convicted killer Shota Kitajima, 24, reminisced about the good times. “I had only 3,000 yen ($28) with me. But I made 200,000 yen in…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Japan's immigration system is violating the international human rights law by detaining foreigners who have illegally overstayed their visas for long periods of t…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration is pushing to quickly stamp out the country’s longstanding culture of certifying important documents with official …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With tempers nearing a boiling point, the Science Council of Japan wants an explanation from the government as to why it snubbed six academics recommended for the…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun MIZUNAMI, Gifu Prefecture--Fossils uncovered here are thought to offer a key to resolving how seals and walruses went their separate ways in evolution.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun OSAKA--A Turkish man won an apology and a settlement from the immigration bureau here after he sued the state over an incident at the bureau's immigration center …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo resident Yoko Mitsuzuka could not contain her happiness.