A US-based international human rights group says its freedom score for the United States has hit the lowest since the start ...

The number of elderly foreigners who grapple with language difficulties and isolation is rising in Shinjuku, Tokyo. We take a ...

We head past the Scramble Crossing into historic backstreets, where we find an upscale residential area, a former geisha ...

We head to Nagasaki, the backdrop of the 2024 acclaimed film The Colors Within, with anime singer and superfan MindaRyn from ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO March Tournament Day 15 action live from Osaka, as top wrestlers have their ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and US President Donald Trump have wrapped up their summit in Washington. They discussed several topics, including the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz ...

Authorities in Hiroshima City have found hair inside urns containing the unclaimed remains of 52 atomic bomb victims.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will resume power generation at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata ...

Investigators in Hong Kong say a massive fire that devastated a high-rise residential complex in November was most likely ...

The chief of a power industry association in Japan says the country's dependence on the Middle East for liquefied natural gas ...

The impacts of crude oil supply disruptions are spreading as the conflict in Iran continues. Petrochemical firms in Japan are ...

What's behind the Bank of Japan's decision to hold rates steady? Chief Economist at Mizuho Securities explains the factors ...