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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preparations to release treated and diluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are in the final stages. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met with representatives from fisheries ...

ASEAN summit meetings wrap up Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other regional powers have met face-to-face in Jakarta where they discussed a range of global issues. High ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Russian "terror" after two missiles struck the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday. In a Tuesday video message, he said, "This is a deliberate ...