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

South Korea's intelligence agency says North Korea appears to be accelerating efforts to build an image of leader Kim Jong Un ...

Thailand's reelected Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has unveiled a new Cabinet. But his government still faces growing public frustration over the oil crisis.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have visited a memorial museum in Fukushima ...

US news site Axios has reported that the United States and Iran are negotiating through mediators a potential 45-day ...

Throughout April, NHK WORLD-JAPAN marks 10 years since the Kumamoto Earthquake by showing related programs. Learn about ...

Kokuto is Okinawa's traditional form of sugar, which is made simply by boiling down sugarcane juice, a method first ...

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

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

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

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

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