MANILA--Philippine police arrested 49 people suspected of hurling rocks, bottles and fire bombs at officers and blocking ...

The defense team of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is expected to contend ...

Asian shares traded mostly higher Monday, cheered by a record finish last week on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Despite repeated government clarifications, the uproar caused by misinformation about Japan’s immigration policy continues to ...