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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Shigeru Oda, a long-serving judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) who upset the Japanese public with a dissenting ...

Global shares traded mostly higher Tuesday after Wall Street set new records and investor anticipation grew that the U.S.

Bakabon’s Papa, a happy-go-lucky man who is an endearingly foolish yet resourceful father at the center of the classic manga and anime series ...