More than 1,600 people have tested their goldfish-catching skills at an annual event in Nara Prefecture, western Japan.

Israeli media have reported that Israel is expected to send negotiators to renewed ceasefire-hostage talks in the coming days ...

North Korea's state media report new anti-air missiles have been test-fired at various airborne targets with Leader Kim Jong ...

Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in changing the courtship behavior of a certain type of fly by manipulating a ...

Another scorching day is expected across Japan on Sunday, with temperatures rising to dangerous levels in some areas. Weather ...

A referendum in Taiwan on Saturday to reactivate a recently shut nuclear power plant failed to clear a legal threshold, ...

A man in his 40's was arrested Saturday after he allegedly sprayed an unknown substance in Tokyo's busy Shibuya district.

Participants at a memorial service for Japanese who died in Soviet detention camps after World War Two have urged the ...

The leaders of Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday and agreed to enhance cooperation to develop stable and ...

Japan's Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince and Princess Akishino, visited the 2025 World Expo in Osaka on ...

The foreign minister of South Sudan tells NHK World how Africa's youngest nation is responding to US foreign aid cuts, and ...

North Korea's military says that South Korean forces fired more than 10 warning shots at the North's soldiers working near ...