Media outlets in the US are reporting that the death toll from flash floods that struck the state of Texas last Friday has ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have attacked and sunk a cargo vessel heading for Israel. The incident, the second this week, ...

Maybe Happy Ending' took home top honors at this year's Tony Awards. As NHK World's Kim Chan-ju explains, that comes as Seoul ...

Lineup: 1. China, ASEAN top diplomats agree to boost economic ties 2. Malaysia's former leader Mahathir turns 100 3. Major ...

Japan's government wants to help people live longer, more productive lives with a new platform for health data. As NHK ...

A former US trade negotiator says it will be difficult for many counties to reach trade deals to avoid punishing US tariffs ...

The scorching summer weather in Japan is damaging harvests. As Takao Minori explains, that's pushing up the price of ...

US President Donald Trump has announced a 50 percent tariff on copper imports starting on August 1. He stressed that he wants ...

Torrential rains have pounded Japan's Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo. Authorities say people should stay alert for ...

Japan's National Police Agency plans to revise the system for converting driver's licenses obtained overseas to Japanese ones ...

The justice ministry says more than 1,200 people, including those who qualified as lawyers in the US and Britain, had been ...

A sacred rope over the Nachi Falls in western Japan has been replaced ahead of an annual fire festival next week.