Two Chinese government ships reentered Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture early Monday, ...

Four men who died inside a manhole in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Saturday are believed to have succumbed to toxic ...

At this local chalk factory in Japan, 69 of the 96 employees have intellectual disabilities. As veteran workers prepare to ...

We introduce NHK's live, international coverage of Japan's Upper House election, which took place on July 20. We go behind ...

Experts have criticized US President Donald Trump's order to fire a Labor Department official over major downward revisions ...

One week has passed since the Israeli military started a limited pause in its activity in the Gaza Strip from July 27, to ...

Food inflation is accelerating in Japan, driven mainly by higher ingredient costs. Private research firm Teikoku Databank ...

The annual Aomori Nebuta Festival has kicked off in northeastern Japan. The iconic summer event features a procession of huge ...

A group of researchers in Japan is advancing studies on the application of ethanol for vegetables to grow steadily under high ...

Dangerously intense heat continued to grip many parts of Japan on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius or ...

Karate, Taekwondo, Capoeira—"Kicks" have evolved in different ways worldwide. Now, an Okinawan Karate master and a Muay Thai ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Koizumi Shinjiro has visited Niigata Prefecture, a major rice-producing region, amid growing ...