The official campaign period for next month's presidential election has kicked off in South Korea, with candidates making ...

Residents of a southwestern Japanese island have welcomed back a Buddhist statue that was stolen from a local temple and found in South Korea.

Tokyo police have arrested a Vietnamese man on suspicion of stealing "bonsai" potted trees from a botanical shop, possibly ...

Japanese police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of fatally stabbing an elderly woman on a street in Chiba City, near Tokyo.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO May Tournament Opening Day action live from Tokyo, as the top wrestlers have their first bouts of the 15-day contest.

The United States and China say they have agreed to pause some additional tariffs on imports of each other's goods for 90 ...

The city's around 150 shopping areas manifest the diversity of the local culture. Some are reinventing themselves to, once ...

Former South Korean labor minister Kim Moon-soo registered his presidential candidacy for the ruling People Power Party with ...

India and Pakistan have both agreed to a ceasefire, but whether the truce will take hold remains unclear as the military ...

High-ranking officials from the United States and Iran have wrapped up their latest round of talks over Tehran's nuclear ...

Researchers say microplastics are spreading throughout oceans from surface levels to several-thousand-meter depths.

Japanese police are expected to soon arrest a 15-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing death of an elderly woman on a street near Tokyo.