South Korea's toy industry was expected to shrink as the country's birthrate fell. Instead, it's booming thanks to an ...

A man has been reported missing in Japan's northern city of Aomori after going to pick bamboo shoots in a mountainous area. A ...

The chief of the World Health Organization says the number of deaths linked to the ongoing heatwaves in Europe is increasing, ...

Newly-born spot-billed ducklings have been found in the parking lot of a police station in Kanazawa City, in the central ...

Fujioka Naoko has won five titles in five different weight divisions. But instead of hitting opponents, the Hall of Famer is ...

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has criticized the head coach of the national soccer team after it was eliminated from ...

China's Commerce Ministry says 20 Japanese companies and organizations have been added to the country's export control list.

A train derailed at Kyoto Station early on Monday morning. The railway operator says no one was injured. A local train with ...

Most analysts predict a Bank of Japan survey this week will show a worsening of business sentiment among large manufacturers.

Russia's state-run news service has said that President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have ...

Torrential rain is battering wide areas of eastern and western Japan, triggering flooding and landslides. One system is now ...

New York cats might hold the secret to the business success of some of the city's 10,000 bodegas. NHK World meets the furry ...