- India plans to set up a satellite data transmission station in southern Vietnam in a bid to counter China’s maritime advances in the South China Sea. The station will provide Southeast Asian countries with data obtained by Indian Earth observation satellites. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/around_asia/aj201603290086 3 comments worldnews
- Tokyo court: Idol group member has right to fall in love http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201601190059 6 comments nottheonion
- Four fossilized eggs believed to have been laid by a chicken-sized dinosaur or an early bird emerged from rock strata in Hyogo, Japan, dating back 110 million years. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201601090030 13 comments worldnews
- Top lawyers group eyes law to help victims of wartime bombings: Japan's legal fraternity is calling on the government to enact legislation to pay condolence money to family members of victims of World War II bombings by the United States. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201511140038 4 comments worldnews
- The Philippines and Vietnam are refurbishing key military bases used during the Cold War and bolstering cooperation with Washington to counter Beijing’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/around_asia/aj201507200055 87 comments worldnews
- In a further sign of China’s willingness to improve ties with Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted a private delegation of 3,000 Japanese visitors on May 23 and called for friendly cooperation between Asia’s two largest economies. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/aj201505240018 10 comments worldnews
- A bronze mirror found in China resembles those associated with Japan’s third-century shaman queen Himiko, providing perhaps the first solid evidence that she was given the mirrors by a Chinese emperor. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201503020035 6 comments worldnews
- Defectors plan to drop 'The Interview' DVDs by balloon on North Korea http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/aj201501120045 11 comments worldnews
- Wreck thought to be from Mongol invasion attempt found near Nagasaki http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201410030034 10 comments history
- Thyroid cancer diagnosed in 104 young people in Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201408240011 7 comments worldnews
- Nicaragua sets sights on building rival to Panama Canal with Chinese backing -- "The proposed channel...would dwarf the Panama Canal" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/aj201408070001 4 comments worldnews
- TEPCO's rubble removal at Fukushima plant likely spread cesium to rice paddies 20km away http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201407140051 23 comments worldnews
- A senior Japan government official flatly denied media reports that Japan and the United States had reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/aj201405030038 3 comments worldnews
- Disturbing trend: Japanese protesters use Nazism to attack Chinese, Koreans http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201405010052 41 comments worldnews
- 3rd confirmed North Korean drone found, this time in Samcheok, a town 130 kilometers away from the Border. Drone was found by a herb harvester, who kept his findings to himself until the 2 drones were originally found. North Korea, however, denies involvement. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/aj201404080068 44 comments worldnews
- Archaeologists have unearthed shell tools around 20,000 years old that could help clear up mysteries surrounding the ancestors of modern Japanese people http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201402150069 40 comments worldnews
- Fish with very high levels of cesium found near Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201401110029 11 comments worldnews
- Japan's home run leader Balentien arrested in U.S. on domestic violence charges involving wife. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201401140031 4 comments baseball
- TEPCO withheld Fukushima radioactive water measurements for 6 months http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201401090060 13 comments worldnews
- Worker aghast at shoddy work on Fukushima radioactive water storage tanks http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201401040008 14 comments worldnews
- Japanese police are having little success in stopping a thriving industry in Tokyo's Akihabara district where girls wearing high school uniforms are being hired out by shops for "strolls" or photographs because there are no laws regulating these kinds of operations. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201312310070 13 comments worldnews
- China, South Korea fear secrets law could lead to Japanese military state - U.S. State Dept. "welcomed passage of the bill" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/aj201312070061 24 comments worldnews
- Some Fukushima evacuees can never return home, Japanese official admits for the first time http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201311030016 3 comments worldnews
- Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Oct. 12 that it has detected a rising level of radioactive cesium in seawater sampled from the mouth of the harbor of the devastated Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, measuring a combined 10 becquerels of cesium-134 and cesium-137 per liter. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201310130062 3 comments worldnews
- Japan has released plans to "retake seized" islands, using a U.S-like amphibious force http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/aj201310120038 140 comments worldnews
- A citizens group said it measured high radiation levels at candidate venues for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the metropolitan government disputes the data and the International Olympic Committee has shown little interest. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201310080051 10 comments worldnews
- Airbus announced its first jet order from Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. on Oct. 7, breaking open the last major aviation market dominated by rival Boeing Co. after delays and a grounding of its 787 Dreamliner cast a shadow over its reliability as a supplier. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/aj201310070059 9 comments worldnews
- The Japan Atomic Energy Agency used an unmanned helicopter to crack a missing piece of the puzzle regarding radiation contamination close to the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201309240008 24 comments worldnews
- Japan baseball commissioner to resign over juiced ball http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/aj201309190074 24 comments baseball
- Illegal assault rifles taking deadly toll on African elephants http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201306090051 3 comments worldnews
- Everyone's favorite Ishibaka is at it again: "Japan fought war in self-defence" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/aj201305180041 14 comments worldnews
- North Korea could be deploying new missile on eastern coast--Untested, "The country may be moving the missile to the Sea of Japan coast to avoid the risk of it falling back onto domestic soil after a launch." http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/aj201304040079 44 comments worldnews
- Rare earths treasure trove found in seabed near Minami-Torishima: Scientists said that they have identified rich seabed deposits of rare earth elements in a Japanese exclusive economic zone near Minami-Torishima, a coral reef 2,000 kilometers southeast of Tokyo. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201303220057 20 comments worldnews
- Traces of China's air pollution have reached southwestern Japan, alarming residents and leading government officials to consider international cooperation to deal with the problem. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/environment/aj201302010087 3 comments worldnews
- Asahi: Tepco can’t find where huge amount of highly radioactive water is leaking at Reactor No. 2 — ‘Fractures’ in containment vessel suspected http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201212120033 4 comments worldnews
- Half of the entire Japanese coast guard has been deployed to the Senkakus http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/aj201209260067 46 comments worldnews
- "Japan has a well-known high risk of earthquakes. It's not like I'm telling them to avoid nuclear plants being hit by a meteorite" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201204060066 11 comments worldnews
- A mind-boggling 40,000 trillion becquerels of radioactive cesium, or twice the amount previously thought, may have spewed from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after the March 11 disaster, scientists say. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201202290025 80 comments worldnews
- The temperature in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have risen to 82 degrees on Feb. 12, a situation that could force the government to revoke the declaration of “an equivalent of cold shutdown.” http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201202120020 70 comments worldnews
- Fukushima City resorts to secret dumping to deal with piles of radioactive dirt http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/aj201108055290 5 comments worldnews