Mourners gathered at the site in Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot three years ago on July 8 to ...

Emperor Naruhito, who has made water-related research his life’s work, visited facilities that supply water for Mongolia’s ...

An overwhelming percentage of opposition candidates in the Upper House election support a “total ban” on corporate and group donations, but the rate was zero for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a ...

KANANASKIS, Canada—Despite intense efforts in laying the groundwork for a breakthrough, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to clinch a deal on removing U.S. tariffs at his second face-to-face ...

High-ranking law enforcement officials in Tokyo apologized to past and current executives of a company that manufactures spray dryers for dragging them through an investigation that a high court ...

Japanese have a much harsher view of refugees than citizens in other countries and have done the least individually to help people who have fled their homelands, an international survey showed.

A recent survey has revealed sentiments and perceptions of current Japan–South Korea relations have improved among residents of both countries compared to a similar survey taken a decade ago.

BANGKOK--Thai police said Tuesday over a dozen foreigners, mostly Australians and British, were arrested for allegedly running an online investment fraud that had duped people out of at least 1.9 ...

Tokyo has issued its highest-level evacuation advisory for Japanese nationals in Iran and is coordinating ways to get them out of harm’s way, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said June 17.

SINGAPORE--Chinese medical office worker Qin Meng has found a lucrative side-hustle: she wakes up before midnight, fills in her clients’ divorce certificate applications on a government website ...

A Tokyo cafe is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) system that recommends personalized menu items after analyzing the customer’s mental and physical states.

VOX POPULI: First rule of summer work attire? Untuck that dress shirt Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. June 18, 2025 at 13:08 JST ...