The U.S. Supreme Court issued a clear stop on large-scale tariffs that triggered confusion in world trade and shook trust in the United States.

Twenty people were rescued more than five hours after becoming trapped in an elevator that suddenly stopped at Tokyo Skytree ...

About 600 traditional "hina" dolls were displayed on the stone steps at the Akizuki Castle ruins here on Feb. 21 as part of ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. So read the front-page headline of The ...

A private researcher, inspired by “hikyaku” couriers of the Edo Period (1603-1867) who could run the 500-kilometer journey ...

Honda Motor Co. is accelerating efforts to promote electric motorcycles by rolling out an affordable model that can be ridden ...

Italy said ‌a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an ⁠open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona ⁠Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested a Japanese government event commemorating a cluster of disputed islands between the two countries, calling the move ‌an unjust assertion of sovereignty over ⁠its ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the far-reaching ...

At least 284,000 people around Japan live in areas that are considered difficult to evacuate from before a tsunami hits, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey of municipal governments.

U.S. trading partners in Asia were weighing fresh uncertainties this weekend after President Donald Trump announced ‌a new tariff on imports, hours after the Supreme Court struck down many of the ...

Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze ...