Japanese students are increasingly heading to Taiwan to study, thanks to expectations of extensive language education, ...

Two Asahi Shimbun reporters will accompany the 67th observation team to Antarctica departing from Japan in December.

Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the ...

KYOTO--Black kites, a bird of prey, have apparently found an easier target for food in central Kyoto: people eating outdoors.

Typhoon No. 15 made landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 5, raising the risk of heavy rain and related disasters ...

Crown Princess Kiko marked her 59th birthday on Sept. 11, looking back on a year where she saw her son start university and ...

Torrential rain pounded the Tokyo metropolitan area on Sept. 11, flooding buildings, disrupting transportation services and ...

As Mount Fuji officially closed its summer climbing season on Sept. 10, authorities declared a landmark success in curbing ...

Two-thirds of villages, towns, cities and wards across Japan have experienced serious natural disasters that warranted coverage under the state’s dedicated disaster relief system over the 15-year ...

The justice minister said Japan needs to develop policies to help the growing number of foreign nationals adapt to Japanese ...

SAGA—A forensic DNA analyst here was fired for committing more than 100 acts of misconduct, including fabricating reports ...

Faced with the ultimatum to resign or dissolve the city assembly, Mayor Maki Takubo chose the latter on Sept. 10.