North Korean media have reported the country test-fired a new air defense missile system and a cruise missile on Wednesday.

The World Health Organization is to begin clinical trials of two new vaccines against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic ...

Ukraine says a Russian airstrike on a school in southern Ukraine that was being used as a humanitarian aid distribution site ...

An advisory body to UNESCO has recommended that Japanese calligraphy be registered on the organization's Intangible Cultural ...

Developed rain clouds were hovering over the Izu Islands and Chiba Prefecture around midnight on Wednesday due to an influx ...

A bank in France has become the latest target in a spate of cyberattacks in Europe. A security breach also hit blood storage ...

To get more insight into the results of the US elections, NHK WORLD spoke with Paul Sracic, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and an expert on American politics.

Unrest is spreading in Bangladesh, the world's second-largest garment exporter, as workers are protesting for higher pay.

North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has inspected the construction of a new warship in the country's west and stressed ...

A unique event was held on Tuesday on a Pacific coast beach in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. Participants viewed the sea ...

A historical procession featuring the king and queen of the Ryukyu Kingdom has been reenacted in the southern prefecture of ...

Sources say Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has decided not to issue ATM cards for an online bank it's launching.