A Japanese shipping firm says a Japan-affiliated vessel has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and exited the Persian Gulf ...

Tokyo police have arrested a man on suspicion of obstruction of traffic after he set a fire at the Shibuya scramble crossing ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government is confident it can secure crude oil imports for the month of May that are ...

US President Donald Trump's administration is seeking an increase in defense spending of more than 40 percent for the next ...

The first auctions of the spring season for a species of shrimp popularly known as sakura ebi, or sakura shrimp, have been ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia suffered the highest level of losses in March since it launched the ...

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has been worsening as fighting continues between the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group ...

At least eight people are dead after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck northern Afghanistan Friday ...

The Japanese government is set to convene a panel of experts as early as late April to revise three key national security ...

A greater proportion of people in Japan are reporting severe allergic reactions to nuts in the last decade. Editorial note: ...

Japan's Ministry of Finance has raised the coupon rate on newly issued 10-year government bonds to 2.4 percent, the highest ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made separate phone calls on Thursday with his counterparts from the European Union, Germany ...