With about 28 times the warming effect of CO2, methane lies in an ice-like form beneath the seabed. Rising sea temperatures ...

Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying more than 500 people, mostly Rohingya Muslim refugees, appear to ...

Japan's Diet has passed a bill to penalize the act of damaging the country's national flag. The bill was approved at the ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

Hostilities continued to escalate between the United States and Iran on Thursday. US Central Command says it has launched new ...

Massive wildfires raging across east-central Canada are affecting a wide area, including New York, where authorities are ...

Britain's ruling Labour Party closed out the nomination process for a new leader on Thursday. Andy Burnham is now set to ...

Bingata, the Okinawan art of fabric dyeing, has been prized since the days of the Ryukyu Kingdom (15th-19th century). However ...

Tonegawa Susumu, the first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on July 11 at the age of 86.

US semiconductor giant Nvidia's CEO suggests AI and robotics can help Japan revitalize its economy in the face of labor ...

Members of Britain's ruling Labour Party have chosen Andy Burnham for its new leader. That means Burnham is set to become the ...

India's first hydrogen-powered train was rolled out on Friday as part of an effort to expand the use of clean energy in ...