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

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

KOBE—As the Kansai region faces its coldest spell yet this season, preparations are nearing completion for the opening of ...

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 ...

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

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

HONG KONG--Japan's march to the 2026 World Cup continued on Tuesday as Hajime Moriyasu's side handed China a 3-1 defeat in ...

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

NARA—Local authorities have issued unprecedented warnings about the dangers posed by the city's iconic deer after a surge in ...

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

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