Former classmates of Yokota Megumi, a Japanese national abducted by North Korea, have planted cherry trees to wish for her ...

Nearly two weeks have passed since a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28. Fighting reportedly ...

Vietnam is among the countries welcoming the pause in US "reciprocal" tariffs. A spokesperson for the Vietnamese foreign ...

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho has said that his country's ties with Japan should remain strong even if political changes occur in South Korea after its presidential election in June.

Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka.

Japan's Defense Ministry says Air Self-Defense Force fighters scrambled over 700 times in response to foreign aircraft approaching Japan's airspace in fiscal 2024. It says sightings of Chinese drones ...

NHK has learned that Japan's chief negotiator on US tariffs is planning to visit Washington as early as next week for talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

People in Bangkok gathered to pray for victims and those still missing after a high-rise building under construction collapsed in a massive earthquake on March 28.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 150 Chinese citizens have joined Russian troops to fight against his ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has made it clear that France plans to recognize a Palestinian state within months, possibly ...

Market players in Japan snapped up shares on Thursday after the US announced it would suspend some tariffs. The move by US ...

South Korea is holding its presidential election on June 3 following the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol. Lee ...