Twenty people were rescued more than five hours after becoming trapped in an elevator that suddenly stopped at Tokyo Skytree ...

Italy said ‌a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an ⁠open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona ⁠Arena that ...

The number of suicides in Japan in 2025 fell below 20,000 for the first time since such statistics began in 1978, but a ...

Emperor Naruhito and other members of the imperial family greeted the throngs of well-wishers to the Imperial Palace who came to celebrate his 66th birthday on Feb. 23, a national holiday.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara electrified the crowd in capturing Japan's first-ever Olympic gold medal in pairs figure ...

The scant rainfall has stunted vegetable crops' growth and some locations have experienced nighttime water outages due to the ...

A question asked after a lecture turned into a 13-year dialogue between an atomic bomb survivor and a descendant of a hibakusha, which produced lessons for the world in these turbulent times in a ...

Major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. announced plans to expand its operations into India on Feb. 18, as opportunities ...

Pirated Japanese manga, anime and other content caused about 10.4 trillion yen ($67.8 billion) in damage in 2025, with the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won overwhelmingly in the number of social media video views during the recent Lower House ...

About 600 traditional "hina" dolls were displayed on the stone steps at the Akizuki Castle ruins here on Feb. 21 as part of ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. So read the front-page headline of The ...