Paintings and calligraphy are often mounted on sliding doors and scrolls. Artisans consider the story behind each piece and ...

Takeda Castle, the "Castle in the Sky," never saw battle and has been desolate for about 420 years. Only the stone walls ...

Forty-one years after a Japan Airlines crash that claimed 520 lives, questions continue to swirl. NHK looks at the conflict ...

This episode features initiatives designed to provide support for struggling parents from childbirth through childcare.

A winery and pear farmers in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, are collaborating to produce alcoholic beverages using ...

The United States and Iran are trading attacks targeting vessels around the Strait of Hormuz, fueling concerns that the ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu has conveyed his concern to his Iranian counterpart over the resurgence of attacks ...

The governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, has spotlighted sake, oysters and other local specialties in London.

A large-scale solar power plant has been completed at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine with financial ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to work for peace at an annual ceremony to ring the Peace Bell ...

Ikuno Ward, Osaka, has one of Japan's most diverse communities with people from all over the world. A local NPO provides them ...

The United States says it will ban some imports from Canada, including motorcycles, alcoholic drinks and dairy products.