SEOUL--The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States expressed concern about increasingly frequent ...

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

In response to a string of alcohol-related incidents, Japan Airlines Co. wants its pilots to guarantee in writing that they ...

The Tower Records Shibuya store in central Tokyo continues to defy the odds, thriving at a time when more consumers are ...

Industrialization developments decimated the population of “marimo” algae balls, a government-designated “special natural ...

A “sibling rivalry” has intensified between two opposition parties born five years ago from the remnants of the same ...

For Asahi Shimbun reporters, including myself, Sept. 18 is an important date of special historical significance—not only on ...

Tokyo’s land prices are soaring once again, and across wider areas, raising growing concerns that the capital may become ...

The government plans to require a minimum employment period of two years in certain industries before foreign workers can ...

Faced with a dwindling client base, driving school operators across Japan have found a new niche by offering practical ...

A research team said it has discovered the oldest known pachycephalosaur, the so-called head-butting group of dinosaurs ...

Japan is finalizing plans not to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state for the time being, following the lead of the ...