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

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 ...

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

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

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

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—The boy character on packaging of the long-selling Bisco biscuit has been redesigned for the first time in 20 years to ...

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