A female sophomore at a prestigious private university in Tokyo was appalled by the fast pace and difficult lectures in ...

A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others ...

SENDAI—Following a spate of maulings, the Environment Ministry will set up at least 800 cameras by the end of July to count ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to ...

A sophomore at Meiji University in Tokyo who is a big fan of the K-pop girl group Twice and mastered writing hangul in high ...

Technical flaws, ballooning costs and unconfirmed effectiveness have plagued the “ace card” in preventing groundwater from ...

TAKAMATSU--On a recent weekday night, only a few people were seen around the restroom at JR Kinashi Station in this capital city of Kagawa Prefecture.

SEOUL--South Korea recorded its highest temperature on Friday since modern weather observations began, as a prolonged ...

A late-week rally in global shares left them on track for weekly gains after earnings from some U.S. tech giants eased ...

This page contains announcements by The Asahi Shimbun and articles related to such matters as its coverage of the “comfort women” issue and the “Yoshida testimony,” some articles of which the Asahi ...

Passengers on the Kominato Railway, which operates a train line in the scenic Boso Peninsula, can really get the up-close ...

May, the sidewalk outside Oi Racecourse, in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward near Tokyo Bay, was filled with foreign visitors walking ...