Tokyo's benchmark stock index hit the 65,000 mark on Monday for the first time on expectations for progress in talks between the US and Iran.

Hiroshima survivor Mori Shigeaki spent decades researching and identifying the 12 American airmen who died in the atomic bombing--even tracking down their kin.

Former president of Seven-Eleven Japan Suzuki Toshifumi has died. He is widely credited with bringing convenience stores to ...

Japanese convenience stores are cutting back on deliveries to cope with higher fuel prices caused by the conflict in Iran.

The US Secret Service has announced that a suspect died in a shooting incident near the White House on Saturday. They added ...

US President Donald Trump says he has instructed his representatives "not to rush into a deal" with Iran, as negotiations are reportedly approaching the final phase. He has also stressed he does not ...

Gold prices soar. Illegal mining spreads. The Amazon rainforest pays the price. NHK traveled to Peru's front lines to examine the environmental destruction and human cost.

A large-scale strike against Ukraine by Russia has left four people dead in Kyiv and elsewhere. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

A crude oil tanker that passed through the Strait of Hormuz is expected to arrive in Japan on Monday. It is the first ...

US President Donald Trump says he has instructed his representatives "not to rush into a deal" with Iran. Trump posted on ...

Iranian media outlets have reported that the country's training base for the upcoming men's soccer World Cup has been relocated from the United States to Mexico.

Japanese voice actor Tsuda Kenjiro has filed a lawsuit against the operator of video-sharing app TikTok to seek the removal ...