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Divers film what could be sunken WWII light cruiser Nagara | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (551+ words) By RYUTARO ITO/ Staff Writer September 8, 2026 at 07:00 JST The apparent hull of the former Imperial Japanese Navy’s light cruiser Nagara lies on the seafloor off the Ushibukamachi district of Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Provided by Yoshitaka Isaji) AMAKUSA, Kumamoto Prefecture--Divers…...
VOX POPULI: Simple exercise to calm down leads artist to finding her craft | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 6+ day ago (63+ words) August 31, 2026 at 14:37 JST Fuko was born in the autumn of 2000, the turn of the millennium, as the first child of the Setoguchi family in Saga Prefecture. [Read More] After helping flood victims, worker in Fukui became one Over 350 dead, 1,000 missing…...
Akane says ICC and the rule of law will survive U.S. sanctions | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 4+ day ago (313+ words) By ASAKO HANAFUSA/ Correspondent August 26, 2026 at 18:39 JST ICC President Tomoko Akane speaks during an online news conference hosted by the Japan National Press Club on Aug. 26. (Kazuhiro Nagashima) Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, vowed that the ICC,…...
Hotel planned at railway site featured in ‘Evangelion’ film | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (570+ words) By HIDEKI AOTA/ Staff Writer August 16, 2026 at 07:00 JST An artist’s rendition of a hotel, left background, to be installed at the rolling stock depot at Tenryu-Futamata Station, with the magnificent turntable located in front (Provided by Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Co.)…...
Rival Hyogo inns share ‘trade secrets’ to jointly promote tourism | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ week, 2+ day ago (104+ words) By SHINJI HAKOTANI/ Staff Writer August 14, 2026 at 07:00 JST Members of the Toyooka tourism DX promotion council meet in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 17 to discuss how to attract visitors to the Kinosaki Onsen resort. (Shinji Hakotani) TOYOOKA, Hyogo Prefecture—Once…...
U.S. dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (840+ words) August 4, 2026 at 07:10 JST The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Before late last week, the dollar was trading above 163 yen, touching 40-year highs....
Japan’s exports and imports grow as yen weakens | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (76+ words) July 22, 2026 at 12:15 JST Automobiles lined up at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama await export. (Daisuke Matsuoka) Japan recorded a trade deficit in June, according to government data released Wednesday, as the higher price of oil imports helped cause the second straight…...
Student opens museum showing his mechanical pencils in Kyoto | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (104+ words) By YOSHIAKI ARAI/ Staff Writer July 21, 2026 at 07:00 JST Mitsubishi Pencil Co.’s “Hi-Uni 5050 0.5” product, seen here in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward on June 27, is so designed that lead is advanced by sliding a ring that is attached to the tip. (Yoshiaki…...
MLB/ Yamamoto fires 4-hitter, Ohtani drives in 2 to top Yankees | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (482+ words) July 20, 2026 at 06:57 JST NEW YORK—Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 8-2 in the opener of their day-night doubleheader Sunday. Shohei Ohtani…...
Samurai drama turns lens on contradictions of warmongering | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (64+ words) By KENJI KOMINE/ Staff Writer July 11, 2026 at 07:00 JST Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Kokurojo” (The Samurai and the Prisoner) is the award-winning Japanese filmmaker’s first go at a period drama. [Read More] Sites on maglev line eagerly await economic bonanzas Trump…...