Japan's government says that if the consumption tax on foods is cut to one percent from the current eight percent, it would ...

Police and officials in Fukushima City, northeastern Japan, are keeping watch on a bear that has been staying on the premises ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stressed that the number one condition for a deal with Iran is the reopening of the ...

The fire department in a central Japanese city says it cannot procure a new vehicle this fiscal year due to a shortage of raw ...

The number of Japanese births has reached a new record low. NHK World's Katsumata Chieko looks at the role marriage rates may ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US government will closely watch Iran's delegation to the upcoming men's soccer ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's main indexes set all-time highs on Wednesday. Investors favored high-tech shares to bet on growing ...

Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi is dumping heavy rain across much of Japan while raising flood and landslide risks in some areas ...

AI developer Anthropic says 150 new organizations will be given access to its advanced Claude Mythos model. Japan's finance ...

The number of babies born to Japanese nationals dropped to a record low in 2025. Japan's health ministry says the number of ...

The UN's weather agency says there is an 80 percent chance that the climatic condition known as El Nino will occur from June ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence firms to voluntarily cooperate in ...