The lawmaker told The Asahi Shimbun that a secretary at Kishida’s office delivered gift certificates worth 100,000 yen around the time of the gathering. Another LDP source said 100 certificates ...

He planned to open a tofu shop in Barcelona with his wife, an undertaking that seemed worlds apart from the daily grind of his job with The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and TV news. But Shimizu ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it plans to start producing clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibaraki Prefecture close to Tokyo by 2028.

YOKOHAMA—Nissan Motor Corp. showcased experiments with self-driving cars on city roads to the media at its headquarters here through March 10. The company aims to develop transportation services ...

Belarus has detained a second Japanese national who was reportedly filming a road, the Japanese Embassy in Belarus announced on Dec. 17. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus notified the ...

A new longevity record of 42 years and seven months has been established in Japan for the short-tailed albatross, a species once so rare it was deemed extinct. The age of the bird was confirmed ...

Rising political figure Shinji Ishimaru has announced that his newly founded party will field 10 candidates in the upcoming Upper House election in July, expanding its ambitions to the national ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture—The Adachi Museum of Art’s picturesque gardens have defended their title as the best in Japan for the 22nd straight year, topping the Journal of Japanese Gardening ...

The government is planning on heading off cyberattacks with a new system that will include allowing it to access communications data and take action against online threats. A draft bill was ...

MATSUURA, Nagasaki Prefecture—This city in northwestern Kyushu represents another municipality that saved itself from possible oblivion by promoting a local specialty dish. Matsuura, long ...

SEOUL—South Korean prosecutors indicted former liberal President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges Thursday, saying that a budget airline gave his son-in-law a lucrative no-show job during Moon's ...

OSAKA—Hotels are cropping up in the central part of the city and owners are banking on an influx of overseas visitors to fill rooms in what is already one of the country’s top tourist ...