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 …

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…