Japan is discussing ways to ensure Imperial succession. A draft plan presented by Diet leaders proposes that females would ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced that it will postpone the launch of an H3 rocket scheduled for Wednesday ...

Local authorities in Laos said on Saturday they have called off the search for two people still missing in a flooded cave ...

The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Cabinet dropped 1 ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm solidarity between ...

The Nikkei 225 stock index has kicked off the week with a plunge. Investors sold off semiconductor-related shares that had ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a two-day state visit in Pyongyang Monday. NHK World's Baba Takeo, in Beijing, ...

A powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake off Mindanao in the Philippines prompted a tsunami advisory for a wide swath of Japan’s ...

Israel and Iran have launched military attacks against each other, raising concerns that full-scale fighting between the two ...

Leaders of Japan's Upper and Lower houses are set to present a draft proposal on the country's Imperial line of succession as ...

Peruvian media say exit polls from the presidential runoff show rightist candidate, Keiko Fujimori, narrowly ahead of her ...

Japan's economy grew at a slower pace in the January to March quarter than had been initially estimated. This was largely due ...