US President Donald Trump says he has ordered the lifting of a hold imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden on sending large ...

US President Donald Trump says he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization if the country's share of ...

North Korean media say a strategic cruise missile has been test-fired while the country's leader Kim Jong Un watched. This is ...

Japan's environment ministry says the pollen season has started early this year. The allergy season usually starts in ...

The Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates suggests the BOJ is trying to adjust policy as the economy goes through ...

Japan's central bank resumes its steady climb away from free money, as policymakers become more convinced that rising prices ...

US President Donald Trump has moved quickly to upend economic policies in the world's biggest economy. NHK World's Esaki ...

China's growing retiree population is set to drive about 10 percent of the country's GDP by 2035. NHK World's Nakamura Genta ...

Chinese government ships navigated near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea almost every day last year. Japanese authorities confirmed that Chinese vessels seen in the latter part of the ...

NHK has learned that Japan's government and ruling coalition are considering sending Diet members to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty conference without observer status.

Under a six-week ceasefire that began on Sunday, Hamas agreed to release 33 hostages in phases. Local media say Israel will release 200 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump has visited areas devastated by wildfires in California and pledged all-out efforts to help put out ...