About 1,000 lanterns adorn a 550-meter stretch along an Okayama riverside walkway. Some feature artwork by children that ...

We meet Makasini Tevita from Tonga who works as a fisherman in Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, and American Evan Benton, a ...

NHK has learned that about 20 percent of facilities and sites in Japan that serve as legacies of World War Two have been lost ...

NBC News says the White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where a US-Russia ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao has been taken away by authorities for ...

European leaders have said borders "must not be changed by force" ahead of the planned US-Russia summit meeting later this ...

Kamamoto Kunishige, a legendary former player in Japan's national soccer team, died of pneumonia on Sunday at a hospital in ...

Iran has warned against US President Donald Trump's moves to create a corridor between Azerbaijan and its exclave through ...

One person has been found without vital signs near a house that collapsed in a mudslide following torrential rain in ...

A massive rally has been held in Tel Aviv, Israel, against the Israeli government's moves to expand military operations in ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government is planning to propose a new economic zone spanning India to Africa when it hosts a conference on African development this month.

A renowned dance festival is drawing large crowds in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan. The Awa Odori summer festival got underway in Naruto City on Saturday evening, with dance groups performing at ...