Russia has launched large-scale missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. The country's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

Former abductees who returned to Japan from North Korea 22 years ago have called for the quick return of those still held ...

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have confirmed the significance of maintaining bilateral dialogue, ...

This year's Ramon Magsaysay Award has been granted to Japanese animation master Miyazaki Hayao. The award, known as "Asia's ...

Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have adopted a summit declaration emphasizing the importance of ...

The leaders of Japan and South Korea have shared serious concerns about North Korea's military moves and agreed to continue ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and US President-elect Donald Trump will not be meeting, despite speculation that ...

China's investigative authorities say a knife-wielding man went on a rampage in a school in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

Today: part two of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto. Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met his Japanese counterpart in Kyiv and expressed concern over North Korea's dispatch of its soldiers to Russia.

An international survey on English language proficiency has ranked Japan a record low.