Featuring 266 lantern poles and stunning balancing acts, Akita's Kanto Festival in Japan's Tohoku region is designed to ...

A Japanese railway company says bullet train services on the Tokaido Line on Friday night were temporarily suspended.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both left Alaska without a formal announcement, or even a ...

Britain's King Charles has referred to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a message marking ...

A senior official of the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says the details of the summit between the ...

World-renowned gallerist Tomio Koyama helped launch the careers of artists Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara. He shares his ...

A heatwave that has engulfed the Gaza Strip has made living conditions for displaced people staying in makeshift shelters even harder.

Heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides in Pakistan, which is currently in the monsoon season, killing more than 300 people.

US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. NHK World's Yamanaka Miyu was in Anchorage during the talks and gave us her impression from the ground.

An intense heatwave continued to grip much of Japan on Saturday, from the Kyushu region in the southwest to Tohoku in the northeast.

Japanese police say they have confirmed that the body found on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido is that of a climber who went missing ...

US President Donald Trump has welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a summit in the state of Alaska. They are ...