BEIJING--China’s exports rose 8.1% in April from the year before, much more than economists were expecting, in the tail end ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

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

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo on Thursday reported a 43% decline in profit for the fiscal year through March, but ...

WASHINGTON--OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol ...

In early summer 1877, the 10th year of the Meiji Era (1868–1912), a passenger ship from San Francisco arrived at Yokohama ...

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

Fewer Japanese believe their society is rooted in democracy compared with 10 years ago, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun shows.

Japan and Palau will undertake one of the largest recoveries of remains of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II.

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the ...

NAGOYA--A colossal tapestry from France depicting a scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece “Spirited Away” is on ...

The five-member male idol group Arashi announced on May 6 that it will end activities with a concert tour to be held next ...