The ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka-Fujiwara have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju ...

Weather officials in Japan are calling on people to take precautions against heatstroke as scorching heat grips mainly ...

A US news outlet has reported that the top US military commander in the Middle East recommended halting the bombing campaign ...

Ukraine says it has attacked vessels in the Caspian Sea used to transfer military cargo between Russia and Iran.

Police in Germany have fatally shot a man suspected of driving a vehicle into a crowd near the Berlin Pride festival on ...

Floats adorned with intricate, colorful decorations were paraded through Oita Prefecture's Hita City in western Japan at a ...

The US ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to make space for talks with ...

A Ukrainian-born sumo wrestler has clinched his third career top-division championship at the July grand tournament after ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia plans to bring in 30,000 more soldiers from North Korea. His announcement ...

Demonstrators in India say they are ending their protests after the education minister resigned and the government accepted ...

Wildfires in France and Spain have forced at least 230,000 people to evacuate. One person was killed in eastern Spain on ...

Japan is taking steps that could lead to it fully opening its market to fresh US potatoes, following a request from ...