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

Japanese manufacturers are developing technologies to make powerful motor magnets used in electric and hybrid vehicles ...

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

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

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

In a potential archaeological breakthrough, a remarkably preserved piece of ancient pottery has been spotted on the floor of ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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