A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in ...

The Ryusen-ji Temple in Tenkawa Village is known for its mountain ascetic practices. The pond, where ascetics purify ...

Japan and Australia have agreed to promote multilayered cooperation with the United States and other like-minded countries to ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, have reaffirmed the importance of ...

Japan's central bankers are expected to discuss an additional hike in interest rates at a policy-setting meeting that starts ...

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have discussed the situation in Myanmar where fighting ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday. Trump is expected to sign a ...

Japan's Mizuho Bank is no longer accepting new customers for its safe-deposit service. The move follows the arrest of an employee of another Japanese mega-bank over alleged massive theft from ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 8 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers reach the halfway point of the 15-day contest.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from January 18, Day 7 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

A six-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has begun after a nearly three-hour delay following the agreement between Israel and ...

NHK World's Kim Chan-ju explains the mood in South Korea after the president's arrest as well as what will be the focus from ...