By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Crown Prince Fumihito said he has given his blessing to his daughter Princess Mako’s plan to marry her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro, which was first announced t…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KOGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--A burial mound here dating to the late sixth to early seventh century has all the trappings to signify that someone important was buried…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 67 serious cases of COVID-19 on Nov. 28, the highest number since a state of emergency for the novel coronavirus pande…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun HONJO, Saitama Prefecture--The sound of a Buddhist sutra chant in Vietnamese and the unique aroma of spices fills Daionji temple here.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun For nearly a century, a Japanese ship’s voyage to rescue some 800 Russian children caught up in the turmoil of the wake of the Russian Revolution remained lost in…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Female members of the imperial family would still lose their royal status if they marry but get a new official title that lets them continue to perform their duti…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prosecutors have started investigating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support group over suspected legal violations concerning payments exceeding 1 million ye…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGOYA--Oyunchimeg Khongorzul racked her brain when she read a newspaper article online that the National University of Mongolia, her alma mater, had been built o…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With the novel coronavirus pandemic barring direct engagement with people, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are switching their interactions with the public in…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Train stations and expressways were heavily congested Nov. 21, the start of a three-day weekend, even as records were being broken on daily new cases of COVID-19.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A copious amount of clams has mysteriously washed ashore along the Kujukurihama beach in Chiba Prefecture, bewildering locals and fishermen alike as to how they g…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--A large hand-painted image on a wall in a vacant lot jumps out at visitors exiting a train station in Futaba, which was transformed …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A shortage of craftsmen capable of creating the vital tools for producing the iconic hairdo sported by sumo wrestlers is threatening to sever the symbol of Japan'…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Video game development giant Capcom Co. said on Nov. 16 that the personal information of approximately 350,000 users and stockholders may have been stolen in a re…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A recent study suggests that a temperature drop in Tokyo this spring may have been caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic halting public transportation and othe…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun YOKKAICHI, Mie Prefecture—Osamu Morita’s search for answers started 50 years ago when a phone call informed him that his younger brother had died.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun “For us, marriage is a necessary choice to live and honor our hearts.” That comment, included in a written statement released Nov. 13 by Princess Mako regarding h…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Princess Mako said the plan for her to marry Kei Komuro is still on, despite more than two years having passed since the postponement of the marriage was announce…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun With the government's long-standing aim to promote gender equality falling by the wayside, it appears that the goals will be kicked down the road again.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Joe Biden is fondly remembered by residents from his brief visit to this coastal town when he was vice president and spent the day cons…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Normally at this time of year, wealthy foreigners descend on Niigata Prefecture to inspect and purchase brightly colored, prized specialty koi in transactions tha…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Following Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election, atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed hopes the country will get back on trac…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga tweeted his congratulations to Democratic nominee Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election and hopes for bolsterin…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun KANAZAWA--Japan could lose its only natural sandy beach where cars, motorcycles and even buses can run by the water's edge due to years of sea erosion.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun BEIJING--China’s Coast Guard will be empowered to fire on foreign vessels that intrude into territorial waters under sweeping changes announced by the Standing Co…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Government officials provided another explanation for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s refusal to appoint six recommended scholars to the Science Council of Japan,…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--It was job training like no other for newly appointed school principals in this city devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SASEBO, Nagasaki Prefecture--The whirlwind year of 2020 still has time to spin more havoc, but the sea of lights at a make-believe Dutch town here is a welcoming …

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun When troops were wounded in fighting in the country's remote southwestern islands, a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) helicopter unit was assigned to transport th…

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A formal court gown with a long trail thought to have been tailored overseas for Empress Shoken (1850-1914) is unraveling all sorts of secrets as it undergoes rep…