A woman’s attempt to regain her confidence and send a message to her unfaithful husband resulted in pain, possible permanent ...

NAHA--The Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously passed a resolution May 9 calling on the government and U.S. Forces Japan ...

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the ...

KYOTO—Sixteen shrines and temples here are now granting access to their private statues and architecture for a spring ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from a hospital in Tokyo on May 10 after undergoing cardiac tests. Akihito, 91, ...

BEIJING--Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine people dead and one missing, ...

Museum collections professor Ayumi Terada admitted being overwhelmed by the lack of diversity in an exhibition she organized ...

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...