Shirakawa Hideki, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for his ground-breaking discovery and development of plastics ...

Russia held a ceremony in its Far East region on Thursday to mark the former Soviet Union's victory over Japan during World ...

Rescue efforts are continuing in central Nepal after the recent devastating flood. Among the missing are hundreds of workers ...

Indonesia's central bank has welcomed a new governor. The former senior deputy head is the first woman to lead the bank. Her ...

A cross-party group of Japanese Diet members for Japan-China friendship is planning to visit China this month to help mend ...

A museum co-founded by American filmmaker and "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and his wife is set to open its doors to the ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito will turn 93 years old this year with no major health issues. NHK has learned that the ...

A small fleet of boats in western Japan has just set sail in search of blowfish -- the first fishing of the season. The ...

The latest survey by the US Federal Reserve shows that the country's economy remains solid. The findings were released in the ...

Japan's agriculture ministry has held a briefing for potato farmers about its response to a US request that Japan lift its ...

Mitsubishi Motors is bringing its Pajero SUV back to Japanese roads after a seven-year hiatus. The revival comes as the ...

The leaders of the United States and North Korea haven't met since 2019. The US president is looking to change that by the ...