NEW YORK--Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung.

The twin giant pandas born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo are scheduled to return to China in late January 2026, according to sources, ...

Former city assembly member Kazuya Sugimoto was elected Ito mayor on Dec. 14, as voters sent a strong message that they want ...

MANILA--Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and blocking maneurs against 20 Philippine fishing boats off a ...

To his supporters, former media mogul Jimmy Lai is a fighter for democracy. To his opponents, he’s a traitor to his ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who ...

FUKUOKA--A 30-year-old man was arrested on Dec. 15 on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with two back-to-back knife ...

Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city ’s once-diverse political landscape.

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a popular daily column that takes up a wide range of topics, including culture, arts and social trends and developments. Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the column ...

KYOTO—The character for “kuma” (bear) is the kanji of the year, a not unexpected choice that narrowly edged out the character ...

The government will dispatch civilians to work in an international body tasked with providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza ...

Aftershocks continued into the morning of Dec. 9 following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake that struck off Aomori Prefecture, ...