A woman’s attempt to regain her confidence and send a message to her unfaithful husband resulted in pain, possible permanent ...

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

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 ...

BEIJING--Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine people dead and one missing, ...

Museum collections professor Ayumi Terada admitted being overwhelmed by the lack of diversity in an exhibition she organized ...

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

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

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako’s spring garden party on April 22 debuted a significant change in format—the first in the annual event’s more than 60 years—to allow more interaction ...

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

Precision equipment manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. said it has created the world’s most accurate time device: a clock that won’t deviate by 1 second even after operating for 10 billion years.

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