1 day ago · The Asahi Shimbun is widely regarded for its journalism as the most respected daily newspaper in Japan. The English version offers selected articles from the vernacular Asahi Shimbun, as well as ...

5 days ago · A Jan. 30 court ruling on the bid-rigging scandal surrounding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics serves as a grim reminder of the corrupt collusive network built around the sporting event and its organizers.

5 days ago · Deliberations that kicked off on a record budget for fiscal 2025 underscored the fragile state of the ruling coalition in the Lower House Budget Committee.

5 days ago · The word “hohi” popped in my head as I wondered whether Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) actually used that expression--or not--during the Japan-China talks leading up to the ...

6 days ago · Fuji Media Holdings Inc. slashed its net profit forecast in half for the fiscal year ending in March largely because of fallout from the sex-related scandal involving former TV entertainer ...

3 days ago · LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is “about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday at the team’s annual fan fest.

6 days ago · Japan’s response to a United Nations report concerning discrimination against women is at odds with one of its basic foreign policy principles.

6 days ago · The number of people in the labor force in Japan who are 15 and older reached an all-time high for the second year in a row, according to the internal affairs ministry's Labor Force Survey results ...

6 days ago · YASHIO, Saitama Prefecture—The rescue operation for a truck driver trapped for days inside a sinkhole here will likely be further prolonged because of the constant danger to firefighters in the ...

6 days ago · Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet traffic from sabotage and eavesdropping.