A group of Japanese high school students has submitted to the United Nations a petition with more than 110,000 signatures ...

Prefabricated home kits and seminars teaching people how to make home repairs are gaining popularity. Amid shortages of ...

A railway operator in northern Japan has started running a train carrying cages of bell crickets to herald the arrival of ...

Western nations have been continuing to discuss providing security guarantees for Ukraine in a bid to bring an end to the ...

China is holding a parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War Two. Officials are ...

Miyashita Kimiyo's father was deployed to serve in World War Two shortly before she was born and did not return. His battlefield postcards have helped her feel the deep love he had for his daughter.

Celebrations for 125 years of Okinawan immigration to Hawaii People in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and Hawaii are marking 125 ...

Revised rules on shooting bears take effect in Japan Japan's government has eased its previously strict rules on shooting ...

Ghost gear: Choking the ocean So-called ''ghost gear'' is haunting oceans. It is deadly marine plastics from abandoned, lost ...

Prices for used condominiums in central Tokyo are surging as a shortage of newly built units drives up demand.

A group of internally displaced children in Ukraine have attended in-person classes for the first time in about ...

NHK has learned Suntory Holdings Chairman and CEO Niinami Takeshi is resigning. Investigative sources say he is suspected of ...