POINT OF VIEW/ Genichiro Takahashi: New ways of doing things can spring from unexpected sources
Helen Keller’s letter written during 1937 Japan visit retains power to inspire
JAPANESE HOME COOKING: Radish and carrot simmered with scallop adductor
MEMORIAL DAY: Governor Onaga demands end to Henoko relocation at Battle of Okinawa ceremony
MEMORIAL DAY: Residents, soldiers used as pawns by Japanese military in bloody Battle of Okinawa
MEMORIAL DAY: Japanese suffered from heavy presence of U.S bases in mainland Japan after the war
MEMORIAL DAY: Okinawa stuck with U.S. bases more than 40 years after reversion despite local opposition
Abe gets longest postwar Diet extension in campaign to pass security bills
Asahi poll: Support rate for Abe Cabinet slides to 39%
Abe likely to issue war-anniversary statement without Cabinet approval
Prominent U.S. scholar urges Japan to make first move to resolve history issues
Kyoto scientists find key molecule in fight against colorectal cancer
Local Chiba railway readies 'old school' one-car train adorned in vintage colors
World’s most powerful floating wind turbine unveiled in Fukushima
First Boeing 787 lands at Aichi airport on final flight before local display
Japanese plane circles over China-claimed region in S. China Sea
COMMENTARY: Don’t let nuclear disaster be forgotten like great Fukushima monk
Tokyo aquarium resumes display of schooling tuna despite unsolved mystery of mass deaths
Lisa’s Eye on Tokyo: From pineapple cakes to hot jazz, Minami-Aoyama has it all
EDITORIAL: Abe, Park must act on long-awaited diplomatic momentum
June 23, 2015
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga used the memorial ceremony for those killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa to send a message to the government: The...
June 23, 2015
Sachiko Tokumoto sells flowers that visitors have been laying in front of the "Konpaku no To" memorial to war victims in Itoman, near the southern tip of the main Okinawa island,...
June 24, 2015
OSAKA--A letter written by the American deaf-blind activist Helen Keller (1880-1968) during her first visit to Japan has been discovered, offering fresh inspiration for those working for disabled people.
June 23, 2015
An 11-year-old girl suddenly felt an earthquake-like tremor strike her home in the coastal town of Toyoumi (current Kujukuri town), Chiba Prefecture, soon after noon on March 26, 1952.
June 18, 2015
Tokyo Electric Power Co. in 2008 recognized the “indispensable” need for countermeasures against a towering tsunami at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but it ended up doing nothing, an internal document showed.
June 18, 2015
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--The government of what became a ghost town in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has decided to preserve signboards featuring slogans boasting a bright future from nuclear energy.
June 24, 2015
Kenichi Chen has been in the culinary field for nearly four decades, ever since he began his apprenticeship at the restaurant run by his late father, Kenmin Chen, who has been described as the “Chinese cuisine genius.”
June 23, 2015
Mention Minami-Aoyama to fashionistas and the first thing they’d probably think of would be cool and breezy Comme des Garcons.
June 22, 2015
YULIN, China--For many residents of China's southern town of Yulin, the peak of summer is the perfect time to get together with family and friends--and consume copious amounts of dog meat.
June 23, 2015
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--A floating wind turbine that will have the planet’s largest generating capacity was shown to the public at Onahama port here on June 22 ahead of test runs scheduled for late this year.
June 23, 2015
KYOTO--Safer and better treatment to combat colorectal cancer is likely after scientists in Kyoto identified a key molecule involved in creating the often fatal disease.
June 24, 2015
A pamphlet in “manga” form, published by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, promotes constitutional revision. Since many people were talking about it, I decided to check it out. Reading it gave me an unsettling feeling I ...
