Many people and interest groups have been pouring money into the US midterms to sway the outcome. The New York Times reports ...

Lineup: 1. Southeast Asia chokes in wildfire smoke haze 2. India voter-list protests move to top court 3. Philippine ...

Former NHK President Inaba Nobuo, who also previously served as Bank of Japan executive director, has died. He was 75.

The International Criminal Court is standing up against US pressure after the Trump administration said the court will be hit ...

Knowing when an avocado is ripe enough to eat can be tricky. University students in Japan are working on a way to tell when ...

Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has faced one disaster after another in recent years. NHK commentator Fujino Shimpei looks at the ...

A festival featuring a portable shrine aboard a fishing boat has been held for the first time in 16 years in the northeastern ...

Tokyo's benchmark stock index fell sharply on Tuesday. The broader sell-off came as AI and chip stocks came under selling ...

US President Donald Trump has commemorated Columbus Day by praising the 15th-century explorer as "a hero" -- a stance that's ...

China exported over a million new vehicles in September, up more than 60 percent from the same period last year.

Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported on Tuesday that Russian security authorities have detained a Japanese newspaper ...

Explore Japan’s advanced technology developed from building tunnels in complex geological conditions. Plus, innovative ways ...