NHK World's Mouri Haruka reports from Kyiv on how Ukraine is trying to shore up G7 support, as the country adopts a new ...

Vietnam has postponed plans to restrict gasoline-powered motorcycles that do not meet environmental standards in the capital ...

The head of Myanmar's military-backed government and China's president have met in Beijing. They reaffirmed their commitment ...

A strong earthquake has struck Eastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.5 quake occurred in the ...

The spirits of people who died in anger, disgrace, or battle were long ago believed to cast curses. This gave rise to rituals ...

The United Nations refugee agency says people who were displaced from their homes in Lebanon are starting to return following ...

A research institute says the number of people infected with a tick-borne virus in Japan so far this year has been rising at ...

The National Ballet of Japan has been chosen for a prestigious British dance award. The Dance Section of the British Critics' ...

An economist says the Bank of Japan's policy rate rise is an important step toward curbing inflation, and calls the pause in ...

Simply stepping onto your driveway could bring you dangerously close to a bear in Japan these days. Experts say the surge in ...

The Bank of Japan says that from the next fiscal year, it will pause its bond-buying taper. Under its monetary easing program ...

Iran's national soccer team played its World Cup opener against New Zealand at a stadium near Los Angeles on Monday.