The United States and the Philippines have kicked off an annual joint army exercise. Japan is playing a major role for the ...

A spacecraft carrying the crew of the US-led international Artemis mission has entered the moon's gravitational sphere.

It's cherry blossom season in South Korea. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju checks out the festivities at one hotspot in Seoul, ...

A Japanese shipping firm has confirmed that a tanker owned by one of its subsidiaries has crossed the Strait of Hormuz. It is ...

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said arrangements are underway to engage in dialogue with her Iranian counterpart ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, are visiting Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern ...

NHK has learned that Mazda Motor has halted domestic production of vehicles intended for the Middle East. The move is due to ...

Two renowned castles in Japan and France have entered into a "sister castle agreement." Officials in both countries hope this ...

Police in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, have failed to obtain new clues in their search for an elementary school boy who ...

Major Japanese trading houses are aiming to turn electronic trash into rare earth treasure. They're using AI and robotics to ...

A bronze medal won by a Ukrainian karate athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been returned by the Japanese person who ...

Israel's defense minister has defended a Saturday attack by the Israeli military on a petrochemical complex in southwest Iran ...