The outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar warns the country is descending into darkness as the military junta targets ...

A North Korean soccer club has arrived in South Korea to face off against a local team in the semifinals of the Asian ...

Negotiations on a final document at an international nuclear disarmament meeting are expected to face a bumpy road as the ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO May Tournament Day 8 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their eighth ...

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

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to be a public ...

A man has been injured in a bear attack while walking along a mountain path in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo.

A drone attack on the outskirts of Moscow has reportedly left at least three people dead. The Moscow regional governor said ...

Japanese police have arrested a fifth suspect in a robbery and murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

The US military has announced that senior members of the Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS, were killed in an ...

Pakistan's interior minister has visited Iran to discuss the resumption of US-Iran talks to end the fighting. The US and Iran ...

The Sanja Matsuri festival that heralds the arrival of summer in Tokyo has reached its climax with a procession of portable ...