The number of Japanese soccer players on European teams is steadily rising thanks to technological advances and their growing ...

The Bank of Japan says it will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at around half a percent. The central bank made the ...

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

After WWII, thousands of children born to Japanese fathers were left behind in the Philippines. Many became stateless. Eighty ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index slid on Friday following the Bank of Japan's announcement that it will begin selling exchange-traded funds it holds.

NHK asked Kobayashi Shunsuke, Chief Economist at Mizuho Securities, for his assessment of why the Bank of Japan decided to keep rates unchanged at its policy meeting that ended on Friday.

The UN Security Council has rejected a draft resolution aimed at bringing about an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of the hostages being held by the Islamic group Hamas. The ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a test of drones being developed and produced in the country. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By ...

A team of Japanese researchers has been honored with an Ig Nobel Prize for its study which was aimed at finding out whether cows painted with zebra-like stripes could avoid being bitten by flies.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a magnitude 7.8 quake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, in the Russian Far ...

Stormy weather has lashed Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, with some buildings believed to have been damaged ...

US President Donald Trump wrapped up his second state visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday. After becoming the first ...