The city got a major dose of holiday cheer as the Santa Parade Tokyo 2024 participants made their way through Tokyo's Shibuya ...

SAITAMA--A 16-year-old student without a driver’s license crashed a school vehicle in the sports field of his high school ...

Dozens of prominent activists will be sentenced Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, facing up to life in ...

An Asahi Shimbun digital feature focusing on handwritten letters from a death row inmate won the top Grand Prix in the Japan ...

The view from a tiny observation deck on a small hill reveals a landscape of red-tiled roofs, a white sandy beach and the ...

Japan's population is becoming increasingly diverse. Individuals in Japan with immigrant backgrounds—with or without Japanese ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which ...

The death of a young woman in Yokohama drew a flood of reactions on social media over the senselessness and unfortunate ...

KOBE—Motohiko Saito emerged from scandal and won re-election as Hyogo governor in a poll called after he was forced to vacate ...

Many moons ago, in my teens, I came across a vending machine with "Akarui Katei Seikatsu" written on it. I assumed it ...

KOBE--Hyogo prefectural assembly members said they will cooperate with re-elected Governor Motohiko Saito but continue to ...

On Sept. 30, Saito stood alone in front of JR Suma Station in Kobe, bowing in apology to commuters. That day, he lost his ...