Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has met Pfizer's chief executive Albert Bourla to discuss ways to secure stable deliveries of the company's coronavirus vaccine. Suga and the minister in ...

Indonesia is one of eight guest nations at the Group of Seven summit underway in Hiroshima, western Japan. The country's president, Joko Widodo, said before leaving for Japan that not only voices ...

Japan has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's anti-dumping duties on Japanese stainless steel products. The government took the step on Friday, arguing that the ...

Human rights groups claim Chinese authorities are detaining over 1 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in what Beijing calls "vocational training centers". NHK has learned that the ...

The tsunami that hit northeastern Japan 10 years ago robbed many people of their lifeline to music. In schools, homes and private classrooms, as many as 500 pianos are thought to have been destroyed.

Taiwan is seeking to accelerate inoculations of coronavirus vaccines amid a recent surge in cases. Officials reported 240 new cases on Tuesday, not including arrivals from abroad. Two fatalities ...

この冬一番の強い寒気の影響で、近畿地方は6日にかけて北部を中心に大雪となる見込みです。 各地で厳しい寒さも続く見込みで、気象台は積雪 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to mark the start of its autumn festival on Sunday. Yasukuni Shrine honors Japan's war dead. Those ...

SMBC日興証券の相場操縦事件をめぐり、証券取引等監視委員会は特定の銘柄の株価を維持するため不正な取り引きを行っていたと認定し、近く ...

東京都内の13日の感染確認は4109人で、1週間前の金曜日より1400人余り増え、7日連続で前の週の同じ曜日を上回りました。 また、都は、感染が確認 ...

Vietnam is welcoming a former Russian president for a visit. It comes soon after the country's prime minister attended part of the Group of Seven summit. Moscow slammed statements that came out of ...

Russia's assault on Ukraine is hurting its own citizens abroad. We meet some of the 9,000 Russian residents of Japan. They face hardship from financial sanctions, threats to their safety if they ...