US President Donald Trump has signaled the campaign against Iran is largely accomplished. In a phone call with US media outlet Axios on Wednesday, he said it will end "soon" because there is ...

Crude oil prices remained high even after the International Energy Agency's move to release a record amount of oil reserves. Benchmark WTI futures briefly fell to around 82 dollars a barrel on ...

The Japanese government has told the ruling parties that it is making arrangements to hold a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and US President Donald Trump on March 19.

Dozens of relatives of Japanese soldiers who died in Myanmar during World War Two have traveled to the country to honor their memory. The long-running program that organized their trip winds up this ...

The Thai navy says a Thai-flagged cargo ship was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The navy said that 20 of the 23 Thai crewmembers were rescued and that a rescue operation for the ...

A vessel belonging to a Japanese company has been damaged in the Persian Gulf. No injuries have been reported.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has announced that Japan will release stockpiled oil and cap gasoline prices amid the intensifying situation over Iran.

Former US special envoy Keith Kellogg says that to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin should acknowledge that "he's not going to gain any more land." Kellogg spoke in an ...

The Japanese government has decided to start releasing the country's stockpiled oil, saying that crude oil imports could fall significantly from late March due to the Iran conflict.

A giant pipe has emerged about 13 meters above a road in a busy district of central Osaka, western Japan. The city is investigating the cause of the incident, and restoration work is underway.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

Member nations of the International Energy Agency have agreed to the largest-ever release of crude oil reserves to stabilize global supply. They say the amount will be 400 million barrels.