A disposable wearing article having longitudinal and transverse directions, comprising: a body-facing side for facing a wearer's body, a garment-facing side for facing away from the wearer's body, front and rear waist regions (2, 3) and a crotch region extending between the front and rear waist regions (2, 3) in the longitudinal direction, front and rear waist members (20, 30) defining the front and rear waist regions, respectively, and a crotch member defining the crotch region and joined to the front and rear waist members (20, 30), wherein the crotch member has front and rear ends (41, 42) extending in the transverse direction, at least the front and rear ends (41, 42) are joined to the garment-facing side of the front and rear waist members (20, 30), respectively, the crotch member is provided on the garment-facing side with cover sheets that cover the front and rear ends (41, 42) of the crotch member; and a length dimension of the cover sheets in the longitudinal direction is smaller than those of the front and rear waist members (20, 30), between the crotch member and the front and rear waist members (20, 30), bonded regions in which these members are bonded to each other and non-bonded regions (65, 66) in which these members are not bonded to each other are defined; the bonded regions comprise first bonded regions (61, 62) extending along the crotch member's front and rear ends (41, 42) in the transverse direction, and second bonded regions (63, 64) extending in the longitudinal direction on both transversely opposite sides of the first bonded regions (61, 62); and each the non-bonded region (65, 66) is surrounded by the respective first and second bonded regions (61, 62, 63, 64) to form pockets are defined in the respective front and rear waist regions (2, 3) by the first and second bonded regions (61, 62, 63, 64) and the non-bonded regions (65, 66) wherein pockets have openings directed toward the crotch region, and an outer edge of each of the second bonded regions (63, 64) extends obliquely or in stepwise manner toward the crotch region and toward a longitudinal center line that bisects a width dimension of the article in the transverse direction. a body-facing side for facing a wearer's body, a garment-facing side for facing away from the wearer's body, front and rear waist regions (2, 3) and a crotch region extending between the front and rear waist regions (2, 3) in the longitudinal direction, front and rear waist members (20, 30) defining the front and rear waist regions, respectively, and a crotch member defining the crotch region and joined to the front and rear waist members (20, 30), wherein the crotch member has front and rear ends (41, 42) extending in the transverse direction, at least the front and rear ends (41, 42) are joined to the garment-facing side of the front and rear waist members (20, 30), respectively, the crotch member is provided on the garment-facing side with cover sheets that cover the front and rear ends (41, 42) of the crotch member; and a length dimension of the cover sheets in the longitudinal direction is smaller than those of the front and rear waist members (20, 30), between the crotch member and the front and rear waist members (20, 30), bonded regions in which these members are bonded to each other and non-bonded regions (65, 66) in which these members are not bonded to each other are defined; the bonded regions comprise first bonded regions (61, 62) extending along the crotch member's front and rear ends (41, 42) in the transverse direction, and second bonded regions (63, 64) extending in the longitudinal direction on both transversely opposite sides of the first bonded regions (61, 62); and each the non-bonded region (65, 66) is surrounded by the respective first and second bonded regions (61, 62, 63, 64) to form pockets are defined in the respective front and rear waist regions (2, 3) by the first and second bonded regions (61, 62, 63, 64) and the non-bonded regions (65, 66) wherein pockets have openings directed toward the crotch region, and an outer edge of each of the second bonded regions (63, 64) extends obliquely or in stepwise manner toward the crotch region and toward a longitudinal center line that bisects a width dimension of the article in the transverse direction.