Japan began discharging treated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in an operation it insists is safe, a view backed ...

World stocks hovered near record highs on Friday, underpinned by a big interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve earlier this week, while the yen eased after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda ...

Wakayama Prefecture is a historic sanctuary on a peninsula near Osaka Prefecture, with hot springs, beaches and a proud fishing culture. Join the top-rated Chef Hayashi on a culinary tour of its rich ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 19, Day 12 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

Shut it off, bury it, put it in an iron chest and lock it up,” the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared in February, ...

The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has sparked worry among Japanese expats living in China, ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson congratulated Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani on his historic 50-50 season.

There is little doubt any conflict between China and Taiwan would involve the United States. Past solutions probably won’t ...

Officials in some countries started cutting rates last year, but others, including those in Europe and the United States, ...

Read about seven times that family history blessed people around the world this summer, from the Philippines to Japan to ...

It might tempt the European Central Bank to consider lowering rates again next month, for a third time since June.

For just the second time in the tournament's history, the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be an all-Asian affair ...