With a sense of smell said to be 3,000 to 100 million times more powerful than humans, police dogs have long been essential ...

If Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are named on Nov. 21 as the MVPs of their respective leagues, as widely expected, the ...

Here, in the “town of gold,” things couldn’t be better as the price of the precious metal continues to hit new heights.

The U.S. subsidiary of Daikan Industries Ltd. announced on Nov. 18 that it obtained the naming rights to the Houston Astros’ ...

World Children's Day is a weighty milestone as Nov. 20 commemorates the United Nations adoption of a legal framework in 1989 ...

Director Yuhei Sakuragi is a big fan of computer-generated imagery, especially for sci-fi themed anime like his previous ...

An Asahi Shimbun digital feature focusing on handwritten letters from a death row inmate won the top Grand Prix in the Japan ...

KOBE—The odds-defying re-elected Hyogo governor started his new term with something that appeared absent in his first term: ...

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...

On Sept. 30, Saito stood alone in front of JR Suma Station in Kobe, bowing in apology to commuters. That day, he lost his ...

The death of a young woman in Yokohama drew a flood of reactions on social media over the senselessness and unfortunate ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13.