The number of wild finless porpoises descending on Toba Port here seems to have increased this year, a boon for both a ferry ...

Honda Motor Co. has developed a vehicle modeled after Koraidon, a “legendary” character from the popular Pokemon video game ...

KANAZAWA–Sanae Tokita is among a new wave of young crafts artists making a significant impact here and in the wider Ishikawa ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

BEIJING—China said Tuesday it would “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its ...

In his fairly short time with a couple here, Kotaro, an aging and ailing tomcat, showed impudence but also affection for his ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. “The forest is the lover of the sea.” Few ...

BANGKOK—Asian markets opened higher on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark up 5.5% after it fell nearly 8% a day ...

Tokyo and Washington went to great pains in 1996 to conceal the existence of a CIA office in Tokyo, saying that the news ...

Rice prices across Japan climbed for the 13th consecutive week, even as the first wave of the staple crop from the government ...

The Yuki-Hime “smart sea bus” made only one blunder during a test cruise when it needlessly slowed down and made a turn.

South Korean makeup and skincare brands may have dethroned France as Japan’s top cosmetics importer for the first time in ...