Plaintiffs and their defense teams in a series of lawsuits have submitted some 36,000 signatures to Japan's top court, ...

NHK has learned that Japan's Defense Ministry is transporting a launcher and other equipment as part of preparations to ...

Residents of Utsunomiya City in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, remain on alert after multiple bear sightings were ...

Japan is discussing ways to ensure Imperial succession. A draft plan presented by Diet leaders proposes that females would ...

The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Cabinet dropped 1 ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced that it will postpone the launch of an H3 rocket scheduled for Wednesday ...

Local authorities in Laos said on Saturday they have called off the search for two people still missing in a flooded cave ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a two-day state visit in Pyongyang Monday. NHK World's Baba Takeo, in Beijing, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm solidarity between ...

Israel and Iran have launched military attacks against each other, raising concerns that full-scale fighting between the two ...

The Nikkei 225 stock index has kicked off the week with a plunge. Investors sold off semiconductor-related shares that had ...

Leaders of Japan's Upper and Lower houses are set to present a draft proposal on the country's Imperial line of succession as ...