The Bank of Japan is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a two-day policy meeting that starts on ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has expressed her intention to seek the presidency in the election scheduled for April ...

Japanese life insurers are shifting investments into longer-dated government bonds with higher returns as interest rates rise ...

NHK World's Endo Yuka looks at New York City's new ban on horse carriage rides in Central Park, which puts an end to an ...

Greater rheas are giant flightless birds in South America known to reach dizzying speeds of up to 60 kph. Father rheas manage ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have attacked a key crude oil pipeline and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. The announcement ...

Nepal is working to rebuild and support people impacted by catastrophic mudslides and flooding that hit a border region with ...

Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won in Sunday's presidential runoff election. The country's ...

A fire prevention drill was held to protect traditional thatched-roof houses at a World Heritage village in central Japan.

An exclusive 4-part documentary chronicling the creative process of the legendary Japanese filmmaker. He is shown as a passionate artisan, a steadfast trailblazer, and a father butting heads with his ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo and other institutions have developed a plastic embedded with enzymes that give it an ...

Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado has returned home after months in exile.