The Tokyo Stock Exchange's main indexes set all-time highs on Wednesday. Investors favored high-tech shares to bet on growing ...

The number of Japanese births has reached a new record low. NHK World's Katsumata Chieko looks at the role marriage rates may ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US government will closely watch Iran's delegation to the upcoming men's soccer ...

The number of babies born to Japanese nationals dropped to a record low in 2025. Japan's health ministry says the number of ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence firms to voluntarily cooperate in ...

The UN's weather agency says there is an 80 percent chance that the climatic condition known as El Nino will occur from June ...

Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi is dumping heavy rain across much of Japan while raising flood and landslide risks in some areas ...

Japanese weather officials say severe tropical storm Jangmi is approaching the Kanto region as bands of heavy rain clouds ...

AI developer Anthropic says 150 new organizations will be given access to its advanced Claude Mythos model. Japan's finance ...

The leaders of Japan and the Philippines are set to start their maritime border talks about waters east of Taiwan. China says ...

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index punched through the 68,000 level to set a fresh all-time high in early Wednesday ...

The outline of Japan's annual defense report once again expresses concern about China's military activities. The text ...