A novice filmmaker bet everything on a period drama — and won 7 Japan Academy Awards! "A Samurai in Time" is an ...

Dean Newcombe discovers Kushimoto, the southernmost town on Japan's main island. Thanks to the warm Kuroshio Current that ...

The US House of Representatives has rejected a draft resolution seeking to direct President Donald Trump to withdraw troops ...

In Nepal, initial outcomes are trickling in for the first general election since youth-led protests toppled the government ...

The Iran conflict has paralyzed shipping and choked off exports of used cars from Japan to the region. An expert explains the knock-on effects for the wider auto industry.

China's National People's Congress saw Beijing announce a big defense budget increase and a focus on AI and high-tech industries. But officials also unveiled a lower growth goal.

In Nepal, a youth-backed party does well in the early count for the first general election since protests toppled the government last year.

Fifteen years after a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, an NHK team toured the facility to check the progress of decommissioning work.

The Japanese government says it has concluded negotiations with the United Arab Emirates on a bilateral Economic Partnership ...

A group of 24 US states has filed suit against President Donald Trump's administration over the new 10 percent tariffs ...

Japan's ruling parties have submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to abolish a restriction on the overseas ...

Every spring, Tatsuo Shrine in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, draws crowds of visitors to its weeping plum garden to wander among the hundreds of blossoming pink and white trees. Viewed from ...