Japan's trade deficit nearly doubled in the first half of the current fiscal year from a year earlier, mainly due to higher ...

Some residents of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, are considering leaving their homes before the onset of winter, as Russia ...

NHK World's Sarah Aoyagi breaks down some of the issues shaping the US midterm elections, chief among them the economic ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister has inspected fortification work in progress along the border between North and ...

Japan's National Police Agency says it plans to introduce cashless payment for traffic violation fines as early as July next year.

Autumn in Kushiro, Hokkaido, is especially beautiful this year. A spell of relatively calm weather has helped the leaves keep ...

A large, violent typhoon is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa from Friday through Saturday.

Authorities in Japan are calling on firms and other entities to take prompt measures after vulnerabilities were found within the PHP programming language widely used by websites around the world.

The Japanese government has announced a cut in its electric vehicle subsidies starting in January 2027, due to rapid budget exhaustion.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia has released an American, Stephen Hubbard, who had been detained for over four years. He said he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to ...

Goryokaku may be star-shaped, like European fortresses, but it was designed by a samurai. It became a symbol of Japan in ...

A sweet drink loved since the samurai days, amazake is made from rice fermented with koji mold. A secret family recipe ...