A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Trump administration’s push for direct ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Kids caught napping in the classroom at prefecture-run Uto Junior and Senior High School here are not punished. Quite the reverse. They are encouraged. During the week, a ...

Some Japanese information technology companies are employing workers in Ukraine to support them as their nation grapples with the war against Russia ... (This story was written by Yasuyuki ...

Approximately 10 percent of online postings asking for assistance in a recent natural disaster have been determined to be false, according to a government research institute. The reason for those ...

so that they will never start another war.” I closed my eyes and joined my hands in prayer. --The Asahi Shimbun, June 23 Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a popular daily column that takes up a wide range ...

The estimated number of New Year’s cards delivered on Jan. 1 plunged 34 percent from a year ago--the steepest decline in more than 10 years--following a hike in postage fees. Japan Post Co. said ...

Beijing has defied Tokyo’s repeated demands to remove a buoy set up within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East China Sea, leaving the impasse in uncharted waters for about 10 ...

The company’s main offering is “English Toast,” a sandwich spread with margarine and sprinkled with granulated sugar. Bread slices with their crusted rounded tops intact are called ...

SINGAPORE--The yuan sank on Wednesday as a new Sino-U.S. trade war shook Chinese markets returning from an extended Lunar New Year break, while the yen jumped on rising bets of further Bank of ...

The visual documents related to the Hiroshima atomic bombing were jointly submitted for approval to the education ministry by The Asahi Shimbun ... of war and the use of atomic weapons will ...

They stressed that South Korea responded quickly to the need by Poland, a European Union nation, to urgently increase its deterrence and defense potential as Russia is fighting a war in Ukraine ...

As storage facilities around Japan slowly fill with unclaimed human remains, the welfare ministry will conduct the first survey on how municipalities are dealing with the matter, officials said.