In the 1970s and 80s, North Korean agents abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens. Among them was Matsumoto Kyoko. Her brother ...

Japan's trade deficit nearly doubled in the first half of the current fiscal year from a year earlier, mainly due to higher ...

Quad summit set for November in Manila 2. Indonesians demand government action against wildfires 3. Indian vet puts amputee ...

NHK World's Sarah Aoyagi breaks down some of the issues shaping the US midterm elections, chief among them the economic ...

Some residents of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, are considering leaving their homes before the onset of winter, as Russia ...

A Russian policy analyst known to have unusual access to Putin speaks to NHK about the course of the Ukraine war more than ...

Young American voters across the aisle are growing more skeptical of US support of Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister has inspected fortification work in progress along the border between North and ...

Japan's National Police Agency says it plans to introduce cashless payment for traffic violation fines as early as July next year.

Autumn in Kushiro, Hokkaido, is especially beautiful this year. A spell of relatively calm weather has helped the leaves keep ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a Level Five Emergency Warning for flooding for the Koyoshigawa river running ...

US President Donald Trump has pressed Ukraine to reach an agreement to end the conflict with Russia, saying, "It's time to ...