The Japanese government has scaled back a popular domestic tourism campaign due to the coronavirus, which is n […]

A key U.S. government agency has given President-elect Joe Biden formal approval to begin his transition to th […]

The leaders of the Group of 20 countries have stated in a Leaders’ Declaration that they are committed to help […]

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is forging ahead with transition plans as President Donald Trump continues to r […]

Japanese officials confirmed more than 2,300 cases across the country on Thursday—a new daily record—and the c […]

A senior U.S. Defense Department official says the United States will reduce the number of troops in Afghanist […]

Tokyo’s benchmark stock index rose above the 26,000 mark on Tuesday for the first time in over 29 years. That […]

Space X and NASA have successfully launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Japan’s Noguchi Soichi is among the fo […]

Fifteen pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong have tendered their resignations to protest disqualification of t […]

Officials in Japan confirmed 1,634 new cases of coronavirus nationwide on Thursday. That is the highest daily […]

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has announced the names of more than 540 key members who will […]

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has surpassed 10 million. The U.S. has reported more than […]

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is pledging to work toward unifying the country after a deeply divisive electio […]

Ballots in the U.S. presidential election are still being counted, days after polls closed. Several key states […]

1.Voters in the United States are waiting for the results of a close presidential election.   Bothe candidates […]

1.In the latest projections, ABC News says the Democrats will win enough seats to maintain control of the Hous […]

1.Police in Austria say gunmen opened fire in the capital, Vienna, on Monday night.  At least two people were […]

Turkish and Greek authorities say they have confirmed that 78 people are dead following the powerful earthquak […]

French media say three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in Nice, southern France. The Eur […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has campaigned for reelction in the battleground state of Arizona. His Democratic […]

Authorities in Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania are struggling to quell a new round of protests […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has delivered his first policy speech in the Diet since taking office la […]

1.A United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons has reached the 50 ratifications it needs to come into force […]

Over 47 million people have already cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election as of Thursday, according t […]

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has campaigned in person for the first time in support of Democratic presid […]

1.The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, saying that it uses monopolies to […]

A powerful quake happened around 12:55 p.m. local time. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 kilometers. The Pac […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has asked his Vietnamese counterpart, Ngyuen Xuan Phuc, for close cooper […]

With the U.S. presidential election less than three weeks away, the candidates participated in separate town h […]

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Thai capital Bangkok, as the city is gripped by yet anoth […]

China’s state-run television has aired programs for three straight nights featuring what it calls confessions […]

The Japanese government is leaning toward the view that a trilateral summit with China and South Korea may not […]

Construction machinery makers are adopting digital technologies to improve disaster recovery work. This comes […]

A typhoon is now barreling toward Japan. Meteorological Agency officials say Typhoon Chan-hom is unlikely to m […]

Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris have squared off […]

1.U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly does not have symptoms of COVID-19 now.  He has shown signs that he i […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has returned to the White House where he posted a video telling Americans “not to […]

Doctors treating U.S. President Donald Trump for the coronavirus say he may be able to leave hospital as soon […]

Trading resumed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday after it was halted by a technical glitch for all of Thu […]

Tokyo Stock Exchange officials have announced the bourse will reopen on Friday after a technical glitch halted […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden have just wrapped up the first of three face-to […]

Global deaths from the coronavirus have topped one million. According to Johns Hopkins University in the U.S., […]

A U.S. court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s order that would have banned downloading and u […]

The Japanese government has drafted interim guidelines on coronavirus vaccines. The draft shows that medical p […]

Protests are growing in the United States, over the decision not to charge officers with the killing of Breonn […]

Johns Hopkins University says coronavirus deaths in the United States have now climbed above 200,000. The U.S. […]

The head of Iran’s nuclear agency has asserted the U.S. attempt to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran is invalid. […]

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to further strengthen the J […]

Johns Hopkins University in the United States says the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the worl […]

Japan’s new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says his cabinet is in full swing and ready to get down to business […]

The head of Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, has been chosen as the country’s new […]

NHK has learned that Health Minister Kato Katsunobu will become Chief Cabinet Secretary in the next cabinet. T […]

1.Japan’s main ruling party has elected Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide its new leader. The 71-year-old […]

NHK has found that Japan’s chief cabinet secretary is leading the race to become the new leader of the main ru […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has admitted downplaying the threat of the coronavirus, saying he did not want to […]

Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations are holding their annual meeting b […]

Three lawmakers who are vying to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party are making final preparations […]

A large typhoon has passed by the southwestern island of Kyushu. Weather officials are calling on people to re […]

People in southwestern Japan are preparing for a powerful typhoon that may become one of the strongest storms […]

Japanese weather officials are warning of two typhoons, with one of them already affecting mainly the country’ […]

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide appears to be solidifying support among lawmakers of the main g […]

Typhoon Maysak is moving northward after lashing Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa. In the race to choose […]

Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide is likely to wait to announce his intention to run to succeed Prime Min […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo intends to step down to deal with a health problem. Abe has told his ruling […]

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will send federal law enforcement to the state of Wisconsin, where protest […]

Sales at Japan’s major restaurant chains kept falling in July, as the coronavirus discouraged people from eati […]

The head of the World Health Organization has called on countries to take part in a framework that would ensur […]

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo spent three and a half hours at a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for medical r […]

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, with fraud in […]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration will begin taking steps to reimpose […]

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has been officially nominated at the Democratic Party’s national conventi […]

In the United States, the national convention of the Democratic Party has opened to officially pick its presid […]

Japan’s Cabinet Office says the country’s economy saw a historic downturn in the April-June quarter. GDP contr […]

Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historic agreement to normalize relations. The countries an […]

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris has delivered her first speech as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe B […]

A memorial ceremony has been held to mark 35 years since a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed in a mountainous v […]

Many people in Hong Kong are concerned about a loss of press freedom after 10 people were arrested on Monday i […]

The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States has exceeded 5 million. More than 160,000 infected […]

Japanese researchers say they think the coronavirus continued to spread undetected in Japan after the outbreak […]

People in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of a catastrophic event. Seventy-five ye […]

Sweltering heat continued in Japan on Wednesday. Weather officials are advising people to be cautious of heats […]

Health officials say the number of coronavirus patients receiving treatment at hospitals across Japan has shot […]

Students in Japan are having a much shorter summer break this year to make up for classes that were cancelled […]

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has commended the democratic achievements of former President Lee Teng-hui, wh […]

Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui has died at the age of 97. Lee steered the island from authoritarian r […]

Torrential rain has caused the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to overflow its banks […]

The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate as the total n […]

The Japanese government is pushing ahead with plans to get the economy back on track even as the outbreak cont […]

Heavy rains are pounding parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. Weather officials warn that wide areas of western and ea […]

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko says a record 366 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capi […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants to build a global coalition to counter what he calls the thr […]

The world health crisis has led to multiple efforts to create a coronavirus vaccine—and a British team seems t […]

Officials are celebrating a successful launch of a Japanese rocket. It is part of the United Arab Emirates mis […]

Businesses in popular resorts close to Tokyo have expressed concern about the exclusion of trips to and from t […]

Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government say a record-high 286 new cases of coronavirus infection were c […]

Tokyo has been put on the highest level of alert for the coronavirus after a string of triple-digit new daily […]

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that many countries are not handling the coronavirus pand […]

Much of Japan can expect even more damaging rain over the coming days. The Meteorological Agency is calling on […]

Officials in Tokyo are dealing with a jump in coronavirus infections. The number of new cases has not topped 2 […]

Japan is bracing for more torrential downpours through Friday as a lingering seasonal rain front threatens the […]

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Gifu and Nagano prefect […]

In Japan’s southwestern region of kyushu, the heavy rainfall is now being blamed for the deaths of more than 5 […]

Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for parts of Fukuoka, Saga, and […]

For the first time in two months, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the number of new cases of the corona […]

China is moving to set up a new office in Hong Kong to implement measures after the national security law came […]

The Bank of Japan’s latest Tankan survey is painting a dire picture of an economy shattered by the coronavirus […]

China’s top legislative body has adopted a national security law for Hong Kong, marking a new phase in the ter […]

The Japanese government’s new panel of experts plans to meet for the first time on Wednesday to assess the eff […]

One month has passed since the death of George Floyd in U.S. police custody. The anti-racism movement sparked […]

Regional gaps in coronavirus infections have emerged since the state of emergency was completely lifted in Jap […]

Seoul is taking a cautious approach towards Pyongyang’s sudden decision to suspend plans for military action a […]

People in Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa are looking back at one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles […]

People in many parts of Asia and Africa observed a partial solar eclipse on Sunday. A group of North Korean de […]

People are returning to airports and train stations in Japan, as the government lifted its restrictions on cro […]

Japan’s former Justice Minister Kawai Katsuyuki and his wife Kawai Anri have been arrested by prosecutors over […]

North Korea has announced it will deploy military units to two areas near the border with the South. The annou […]

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on police reform on Tuesday amid nationwide protests […]

Some European Union member nations are lifting cross-border travel restrictions within the bloc starting on Mo […]

Tokyo lifted its coronavirus alert on Thursday. That means pachinko parlors and amusement parks can reopen, an […]

The Meteorological Agency says Japan has entered the rainy season, except for the northern part of the Tohoku […]

People in Hong Kong have staged prodemocracy rallies one year after the start of mass anti-government protests […]

North Korea says it will cut off all lines of communication with South Korea from Tuesday noon. Anti-racism pr […]

The governor of Tokyo and Japan’s minister in charge of the nation’s coronavirus response have confirmed their […]

A memorial service has taken place in the U.S. state of Minnesota for George Floyd whose death while in police […]

Criticism is growing over U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to anti-racist protests that have spread acro […]

Tokyo Government officials have issued an alert after confirming the highest daily tally of coronavirus infect […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned of a possible military deployment, as protests over the death of a blac […]

The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coro […]

Japan’s jobless rate ticked up in April as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. New York Governor Andrew […]

China’s congress has adopted a resolution to create national security legislation for Hong Kong. The step has […]

Police in Kyoto, western Japan, have arrested a suspect in last year’s deadly arson attack on Kyoto Animation’ […]

Japan is slowly opening up for business again. Tuesday marks the first day since the lifting of the state of e […]

The Japanese government has lifted the state of emergency in the last five of the country’s 47 prefectures. Th […]

The biggest political event of the year in China is finally underway. The National People’s Congress was delay […]

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is lifting the coronavirus-related state of emergency in Osaka, Kyoto and H […]

The Japanese government is considering lifting the state of emergency for Osaka and surrounding areas on Thurs […]

The annual assembly of the World Health Organization has started, and is being held by video conference amid t […]

Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi has said the economic impact of the coronavirus […]

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has lifted the coronavirus-related state of emergency for 39 of the country […]

Japan is lifting its state of emergency for almost 80 percent of the prefectures ahead of schedule. But Prime […]

The whole of Japan has been under a state of emergency for about a month, but the government is poised to lift […]

Japan’s health ministry says it plans to approve antigen tests kits on Wednesday that can quickly screen for t […]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government sources say 15 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Monday. New York State […]

Japan’s government says it may lift the nationwide state of emergency regarding the coronavirus outbreak befor […]

Shopping malls and outdoor markets have reopened in Israel, where the government has declared the first wave o […]

Japan’s minister in charge of the coronavirus response says the government plans to hear experts’ opinions eve […]

Japan has pledged more than 230 million dollars towards the development of a coronavirus vaccine. Prime Minist […]

Japan is set to extend its nationwide state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic by nearly a month until […]

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo says he plans to extend the nation-wide state of emergency, which is due next Wednes […]

The U.S. National Institute of Health says a study shows that an experimental antiviral drug may have helped p […]

The governments of France and Spain have announced plans to reopen businesses and schools in phases as the rat […]

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo told a meeting of senior officials from his governing Liberal Democratic Party on Mo […]

The number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections in Tokyo fell below 100 on Monday for the second straight […]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an independent international review into the origin an […]

The head of the World Health Organization is showing a sobering message: the world needs to brace for an exten […]

Coronavirus crashed, stocks tumbled Tuesday as oil prices continued to slide due to the pandemic. The U.N. foo […]

In Germany, some shops are reopening as the number of new infections starts to level off. The country has repo […]

Some U.S. states are moving to ease restrictions on people’s activities after President Donald Trump unveiled […]

In the latest data on the Chinese economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s GDP growth turne […]

The coronavirus pandemic has reached another grim milestone. Johns Hopkins University says more than two milli […]

The United States is halting funding to the World Health Organization as the deadly coronavirus spread through […]

In Italy, where more than 20,000 people have died from the coronavirus, the country’s death toll is second onl […]

More people across Japan are being asked to take drastic steps to slow down their surge in coronavirus infecti […]

For residents in Tokyo we will find out soon which businesses will be asked to close during the state of emerg […]

Japan’s health ministry is finally to consider nationwide drive-through testing for the coronavirus. It is to […]

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is calling for cooperation as many Japanese face the reality of limited outings and […]

Japan’s prime minister has officially declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and five other […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is making final arrangements to declare a state of emergency over the corona […]

Japan further tightened its border entry restrictions in an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Data co […]

Japan’s health ministry has decided to relax the rules for discharging coronavirus patients with mild symptoms […]

The coronavirus has sent shudders through the world of business in Japan, as it undermines a broad range of ec […]

Leaders from the Group of 20 countries have agreed to inject more than 5 trillion dollars into the global econ […]

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations confirmed on Wednesday that their countries w […]

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be postponed. Officials say the Games will take place no later th […]

Toyota Motor and Japanese telecom giant NTT are forming a capital tie-up to advance developments toward a so-c […]

The International Olympic Committee says it will begin discussions on how the Tokyo Games should be handled, i […]

A Japanese government panel of experts has given proposals on nationwide voluntary cancellations and postponem […]

A Japanese government panel of experts will present its latest views on the country’s measures to contain the […]

The International Olympic Committee has affirmed that preparations will continue to hold the Tokyo Olympics as […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a united front against the coronavirus pandemic during a video co […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced emergency measures to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pan […]

Tokyo and other Asian markets plunged early on Friday following the largest-ever point drop on the New York St […]

The World Health Organization has declared the new coronavirus a global “pandemic.” Japanese Prime Minister Sh […]

People in Japan are taking a moment today to remember the lives lost nine years after a magnitude-9 earthquake […]

Shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange continued to decline Tuesday morning. Japan’s top government spokesperson s […]

Japan’s government is strengthening its border controls for travelers from two neighboring countries in a bid […]

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says the government will ban people from entering and leaving Lombardy a […]

NHK calculates that the number of confirmed infections around the world now exceeds 100,000. U.S. Vice Preside […]

The Japanese government is stepping up measures to curb the new coronavirus spread. As of next Monday, the cou […]

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has stressed that the Tokyo summer Games will go ahead a […]

Japan’s government is planning to cancel its national memorial ceremony for the victims of the March 11, 2011, […]

The head of the World Health Organization has expressed concern about the coronavirus outbreaks in South Korea […]

The Bank of Japan governor has released a statement to try and calm investors’ worries amid the coronavirus ou […]

The World Health Organization has raised its global risk assessment over the spread and potential impacts of t […]

The Japanese government’s request to close all schools to help control the spread of the new coronavirus is ca […]

NHK has learned the number of people in Japan who tested positive for the new coronavirus has risen to 894. U. […]

The total number of confirmed infections with the new coronavirus in Japan stands at 862. The South Korean gov […]

Japan’s government has drafted a basic policy on the new coronavirus in a bid to stem additional cases. The Do […]

Japanese carmaker, Toyota Motor, has resumed operations at a plant in Chengdu, China. Health authorities in Ch […]

A woman in her 60s in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, has tested positive for the new coronavirus after di […]

The last group of passengers to test negative and show no symptoms for the new coronavirus have disembarked fr […]

A third group of passengers from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship near Tokyo are disembarking. […]

Two passengers from the Diamond Princess have died after being infected with the new coronavirus. Health autho […]

Passengers who served out of a 14-day quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess have begun disembarking, with Jap […]

China’s Xi Jinping leadership is facing its toughest challenge ever, as the new coronavirus could affect its p […]

School operators across mainland China have delayed the resumption of classes as more than 70,000 people have […]

Health authorities in China say 142 deaths from the new coronavirus were confirmed, mostly in Hubei Province. […]

Chinese health authorities say 143 more people died from the new coronavirus on Friday, bringing the death tol […]

Japan’s health ministry confirmed that a woman infected with the new coronavirus has died. China’s health auth […]

Japan’s health ministry says another 44 cases of new coronavirus infection have been confirmed on the cruise s […]

Japan’s health minister says 39 more people on board a cruise ship at the port of Yokohama have been found to […]

Officials of China’s National Health Commission say 108 more people died from the new coronavirus on Monday, b […]

Chinese health authorities say the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in mainland China has topped 4 […]

The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in China has surpassed the number of worldwide deaths from th […]

Chinese health authorities say that, as of Friday, the number of people who have died from illnesses caused by […]

The number of patients infected with the coronavirus in mainland China has exceeded 30,000, with the death tol […]

Chinese health authorities say over 28,000 people on the mainland are now infected with the new coronavirus. T […]

Japanese health officials say that so far 10 people on board a cruise ship anchored off the coast of Yokohama […]

Japanese quarantine officials have boarded a cruise ship moored off Yokohama, near Tokyo, to screen its crew a […]

The death toll from the new strain of coronavirus in China has now topped 360. The Shanghai Stock Exchange has […]

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer has left for the Middle East to conduct survey and research a […]

Chinese authorities say 259 people have died so far in the country from the new coronavirus, as the number of […]

Authorities in China now say 213 people have died after contracting the coronavirus, while the number of confi […]

Authorities in Mainland China say 170 people have died after contracting the new coronavirus. The number of co […]

The first charter plane carrying Japanese nationals back home from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coro […]

The death toll from the new coronavirus in China has reached 106 after authorities in Hubei Province announced […]

Health authorities in China say the number of people diagnosed with pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus ha […]

Health authorities in China say the number of people affected by a deadly new coronavirus has risen to 1,975 t […]

Health authorities in China say the death toll from a deadly coronavirus has risen to 41, with hundreds of add […]

China’s health authorities say they have confirmed 26 deaths from the outbreak of pneumonia that is likely to […]

Chinese health authorities say eight more people have died in Hubei Province from pneumonia. In China, the tot […]

China’s health commission now says the new coronavirus has killed nine people and that 440 are infected. The i […]

  A deadly outbreak of a new strain of the coronavirus has claimed another victim in China. China’s Presi […]

Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan say the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus link […]

A senior U.S. military official has warned of the fast pace of North Korea’s weapons development. French autom […]

Friday marks 25 years since the devastating earthquake that struck Hyogo Prefecture and nearby areas in wester […]

The Japanese health ministry says a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in a man who visited Wuhan, Ch […]

The foreign affairs chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea have discussed North Korea’s denucleari […]

1. The U.S. Treasury Department has dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator, citing improve […]

Iraq’s defense ministry says rockets hit a base hosting U.S. forces, wounding four local soldiers. Japan’s pri […]

Taiwan’s incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen is now headed to a second term after soundly defeating her main riva […]

A patrol plane unit of the Maritime Self-Defense Force left Japan for the Middle East on Saturday to help ensu […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says evidence suggests that an Iranian missile shot down a Ukrainian pa […]

U.S. President is striking a measured tone in his response to Iran firing missiles at American military facili […]

The U.S. Defense Department says Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting American militar […]

The international community is urging the United States and Iran to exercise self-restraint following a pledge […]

A series of funerals and memorial rallies have begun around Iran for a top Iranian military commander killed i […]

The body of an Iranian military commander killed in Iraq has arrived in Iran, with a funeral and other memoria […]

The U.S. military has reported the attack on a Shia military group near the capital Baghdad, leaving six peopl […]

Lebanon’s caretaker justice minister says his country has received an international wanted notice for former N […]

A British newspaper says the Lebanese government asked for the return of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos G […]

Sources say the Tokyo District Court ahs decided to revoke the bail of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Gho […]

1. European and U.S. media say former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was released on bail in Japan, h […]

  Monday marks one year since the Trans-Pacific Partnership came into effect. Japan has seen a change in […]

1. North Korea’s state-run media has reported that a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ […]

1. Iran has begun joint naval exercises with China and Russsia in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Oce […]

1. Japan’s Cabinet has endorsed a plan to send a Self-Defense Force ships and planes to the Middle East. 2. No […]

Japan Post group firms are discussing candidates fr their new top executives as the current presidents are set […]

1. Tokyo prosecutors have arrested a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese compan […]

1. Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea sat down for talks on Tuesday. 2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left for China to attend a three-way summit with Chinese and South K […]

1. The leaders of Japan and the United States have agreed to continue close cooperation in dealing with North […]

1. The Japanese government is expected to decide as early as next Friday a plan to send Self-Defense Force per […]

1. Japan’s Cabinet approved on Friday a planned record high government spending for fiscal 2020, which will st […]

1. The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump. 2. The top diplomats of Japa […]

1. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces says North Korea’s threat of a “Christmas gift” for the United […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed concerns about recent provocative moves by North Korea. 2. Hong K […]

1. Senior officials from Japan and South Korea are sitting down together in Tokyo, in a bid to resolve a bilat […]

1. Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono has expressed concern about China’s maritime activities and underscored […]

1. The United States and China have reached a “phase one” trade deal that includes the first reduction in U.S. […]

1. Voters in the United Kingdom appear to have delivered a resounding victory for the ruling Conservatives. 2. […]

1. People in Britain head to the polls on Thursday to vote in a general election. 2. The U.S. ambassador to th […]

1. Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of this year’s Noble Prize in Chemistry, has collected his aw […]

1. A senior North Korean official says leader Kim Jong Un will make a final decision over denuclearization tal […]

1. Large crowds of anti-government protesters have marched through Hong Kong over the weekend just before the […]

1. The body of a Japanese doctor and humanitarian who was shot dead in Afghanistan is expected to arrive in Ja […]

The family of Tetsu Nakamura arrived in Afghanistan on Friday to claim his body. The Japanese humanitarian and […]

1. Family members and colleagues of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura are due to arrive in Afghanistan on Friday […]

1. Police in Afghanistan suspect an armed group targeting foreigners carried out a planned attack that killed […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects Japan to pay more to host U.S. bases. 2. U.S. President Trump s […]

1. China’s President Xi Jinping has stressed that his country will work together with Russia to counter wester […]

1. A Japanese government task force in charge of drawing up decommissioning policies for the Fukushima Daiichi […]

1. Hong Kong police have reportedly used tear gas on protesters for the first time since the pro-democracy cam […]

Former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died. He was known for forging strong ties with the U.S. […]

1. Former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died. 2. A huge crowd of anti-government protesters in […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill to support human rights and democracy in Hong Kong. […]

Pope Francis says his visit to Hiroshima was a moving experience. He was the first head of the Roman Catholic […]

1. Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are heaping pressure on the government, following their side’s landsli […]

1. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp won a landslide victory in Sunday’s local elections. 2. Emperor Naruhito met […]

1. Pope Francis is now visiting Nagasaki, where he called for nuclear weapons to be abolished. 2. People in Ho […]

Pope Francis is set to arrive in Japan on Saturday to spread his message of peace. He will be the first head o […]

1. South Korea’s foreign minister has held a telephone talk with the U.S. secretary of state to discuss an int […]

A meeting of senior officials in South Korea could decide the fate of an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. […]

1. The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed legislation to support the establishment of human rights and democra […]

1. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a major reversal of the U.S. policy on Isra […]

1. Yahoo Japan and major messaging app provider Line have reached an agreement to merge. 2. Japan and South Ko […]

1. The defense ministers of Japan and South Korea are meeting in Thailand, as an intelligence-sharing pact bet […]

1. Hong Kong police are intensifying criticism of student protesters, saying some universities in the territor […]

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has performed the main rite of the Daijosai, or Great Thanksgiving Ceremony, an enthr […]

1. Yahoo Japan and Softbank Group and messaging app Line are negotiating toward a tie-up, according to sources […]

1. A survey shows that 15 percent of the victims of last month’ Typhoon Hagibis were killed while outdoors bec […]

It has been one month since the powerful Typhoon Hagibis caused extensive damage in many parts of Japan. Clean […]

1. Japan’s new Emperor and Empress enthralled people in Tokyo and around the nation with a lavish procession t […]

1. Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central Tokyo on Sunday afternoon to watch […]

People in Hong Kong held vigils on Friday for a 22-year-old university student who died after falling from a b […]

1. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to ask South Korea to review its decision not to renew its in […]

The Japanese government is set to begin full-fledged discussions to restore Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture […]

1. The speaker of South Korea’s National Assembly, Moon Hee-sang, has outlined a proposal to help break the de […]

1. The United States announced on Monday that it has officially notified the Unite Nations of its departure fr […]

1. South Korea’s presidential office says President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have co […]

1. Police in Okinawa believe the fire, which destroyed Shuri Castle, is likely to have started from the main h […]

1. Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, along with Japan, China, and other countries, will b […]

1. The International Olympic Committee formally announces next year’s marathon and race walking events will be […]

1. Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai has told reporters after submitting his letter of resignation that the jud […]

1. Britain is set to hold a general election after lawmakers backed a bill calling for a vote. 2. Turkish secu […]

1. Japan’s first U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, has died at the age of 92. 2. Members of t […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to take credit for the killing of the leader of the Islamic State milita […]

1. A senior U.S. State Department official has urged South Korea to reconsider ending an intelligence-sharing […]

1. Torrential rain has caused flooding and mudslides in eastern and northeastern Japan, leaving 10 people dead […]

Weather officials in Japan are forecasting localized torrential rainfalls in eastern and northern Japan and ar […]

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon in Tokyo amid strained r […]

1. People in Japan and around the world have witnessed a series of events marking the new Emperor’s accession. […]

1. Emperor Naruhito formally proclaimed his enthronement. 2. Japan’s government has decided to expand the scop […]

1. Final preparations are now underway at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for Tuesday’s enthronement ceremony of […]

1. The Japanese government says Typhoon Hagibis’ damage to farming, forestry and fisheries has reached 57 bill […]

1. People in Japan are still struggling in the aftermath of a powerful typhoon, one week after it battered lar […]

  More rain is forecast in the next few days across areas in eastern and northeastern Japan that were hit […]

People in areas hit by Typhoon Hagibis are struggling to recover from flooding. NHK has learned the death toll […]

1.Authorities in Japan are still trying to get a handle on the extent of the damage after Typhoon Hagibis tore […]

Emergency crews in Japan are searching for over a dozen people who are still missing after Typhoon Hagibis. Of […]

People in Japan are dealing with the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis. The death toll stands at 40, and cleanup ef […]

People in Japan are picking up the pieces after a powerful typhoon swept through the country. Floods and lands […]

One of the most powerful storms of the year is forecast to make landfall in Japan on Saturday. U.S. President […]

One of the most powerful storms of the year is on track to hit wide areas of eastern Japan this weekend. Senio […]

Turkey’s Defense Ministry says the military has launched ground operations into Northern Syria, targeting Kurd […]

Six European nations have jointly condemned North Korea for test-firing a submarine-launched ballistic missile […]

Japan has lodged a protest against North Korea over a collision between one of its patrol ships and a North Ko […]

A Japanese Fisheries Agency vessel and a large North Korean fishing boat have collided in the Sea of Japan. Mo […]

U.S. officials want to restart denuclearization talks with their North Korean counterparts, but observers say […]

In Hong Kong, pro-democracy protesters took to the streets on Friday night after the government announced a ba […]

U.S. President Donald Trump says his country will hold talks with North Korea despite its launch of a new ball […]

North Korea’s state-run media reports that the country has succeeded in test-firing a submarine-launched balli […]

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says Pyongyang appears to have fired a submarine-launched ballistic missil […]

The Bank of Japan’s latest quarterly Tankan survey shows business sentiment fell to a six year low among large […]

Protests in Hong Kong have intensified in the run-up to the 70th anniversary on Tuesday of the founding of the […]

An unmanned Japanese cargo spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station. Demonstrators in Hong Kon […]

An explosion has occurred on a cargo ship in a port in South Korea. Flames engulfed a vessel, another one dock […]

Former French President Jacques Chirac has died. Japan’s new Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has discussed […]

Japan and the United States have struck a final agreement in their bilateral trade negotiations. Japan’s Prime […]

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. South Korean Presiden […]

The leaders of France, Britain and Germany say they believe Iran was responsible for the attack on Saudi oil p […]

Severe tropical storm Tapah, which battered Okinawa and some parts of southwestern Japan, has turned to a low […]

The U.S. president has dismissed media reports that he urged Ukraine’s president to look into the business dea […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced new sanctions on Iran’s central bank, as his administration maintain […]

U.S. researchers say satellite images suggest North Korea may be preparing to deploy a ballistic missile-capab […]

Tokyo District Court has found the former chairman and two former vice presidents of Tokyo Electric Power Comp […]

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is accelerating repair work in Chiba Prefecture to ensure that as many ho […]

More than a week after Typhoon Faxai hit the greater Tokyo area, thousands of households in Chiba Prefecture a […]

Protests continue in Hong Kong even after its government scrapped a controversial bill that would have allowed […]

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has confirmed that Saturday’s drone attacks on its oil facilities have knocked […]

Numerous homes in Chiba Prefecture are still without electricity after Typhoon Faxai ripped through the greate […]

Power outage continues for about 200,000 homes in Chiba Prefecture after Typhoon Faxai ravaged the greater Tok […]

Tokyo Electric Power Company says electricity will be restored to Chiba City near Tokyo and other areas mainly […]

Japan’s prime minister has reshuffled his Cabinet.       Shinzo Abe has shifted most of the ministerial posts, […]

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired two projectiles on Tuesday morning from South Phyongan Province. […]

People in Tokyo are surveying the damage after a powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and record-breaking winds […]

Japanese weather officials say Typhoon Faxai is expected to make landfall in the Kanto region by Monday noon. […]

Two typhoons are affecting the Japanese archipelago. Weather officials are advising people to be on the alert […]

Investigators say the driver of a truck involved in a deadly collision with a train in Yokohama struggled with […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has failed to win the support of a two-thirds majority needed to pass a m […]

A senior Russian diplomat indicated it is unlikely a breakthrough will be made on signing a peace treaty with […]

NHK has learned that Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to reshuffle his Cabinet and the ruling party e […]

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have blocked roads and rail tracks to and from the international airport […]

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has implemented additional tariffs of about 15 percent on 11 […]

Tensions are rising in Hong Kong over an expected gathering of protesters on Saturday afternoon, despite a ban […]

Leaders from Japan and more than 50 African nations have ended this year’s three-day session of a Tokyo-led co […]

Japanese and African leaders have focused on boosting public and private investment as the Tokyo International […]

Japan’s weather officials have issued their highest emergency warning for heavy rain in the three prefectures […]

French President Emmanuel Macron is touting a one-page document issued at the end of the G-7 summit as a posit […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to seek the conclusion and sign […]

Leaders of the Group of Seven countries have agreed to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power and pledged […]

The trade war between the United States and China is heating up, with both sides saying that they will impose […]

South Korea is expected to notify Japan on Friday of its decision to terminate an intelligence-sharing pact be […]

North Korea says it is not interested in denuclearization talks as long as the United States and South Korea k […]

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is expected to urge his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha to promptl […]

Leaders of the Group of Seven countries are unlikely to issue a communique after their meeting in France over […]

Anti-government protesters held a peaceful mass rally in Hong Kong on Sunday. The organizers say about 1.7 mil […]

Anime fans from around the world continue to visit Kyoto to mourn the victims of the arson attack on a famous […]

North Korea’s state media says the country’s leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new weapon […]

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired two projectiles off its eastern coast on Friday morning. Tropica […]

A severe tropical storm is expected to make landfall and move through western Japan by Thursday evening. Peopl […]

The ongoing sit-in protest at Hong Kong International Airport has forced dozens of flights to be canceled on W […]

Flights have resumed at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday, a day after protests there resulted in a m […]

Officials from Japan and China are arranging for Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan to visit Japan in October […]

North Korean state media says Saturday’s launch of two projectiles was a test to verify the capabilities of a […]

The South Korean military says North Korea has fired two more projectiles, believed to be short-range ballisti […]

People in Japan are remembering the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki during World War II. A government b […]

Amid strained bilateral ties, Japan’s trade ministry has given the go-ahead to sell sensitive high-tech […]

Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper have reaffirmed their countries’ […]

The Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 74th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. Participan […]

Protesters in Hong Kong are trying to bring the city to a standstill with a general strike. The U.S. and South […]

Police in the U.S. state of Texas have detained a suspect in a fatal mass shooting at a shopping mall in El Pa […]

Japan’s trade minister Hiroshige Seko says Japan will closely monitor South Korea’s move to remove Tokyo from […]

Japan’s Cabinet has decided to go ahead with a plan to remove South Korea from a list of nations entitled to s […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve has cut its key interest rate for the first time in over a decade. North Korea’s stat […]

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff say North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea o […]

The Japanese government says it has determined that two projectiles fired by North Korea last week were short- […]

Unrest has been deepening in Hong Kong since some protesters clashed with police and took aggressive action on […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid tribute to those who died in the Korean War on the 66th anniversary of th […]

A tropical storm is bringing dangerous levels of rain and the risk of landslides to parts of western and centr […]

North Korea’s state-run media says the country’s leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday oversaw the firing of “a new t […]

South Korea’s military has revealed that two projectiles North Korea fired toward the Sea of Japan early Thurs […]

Wednesday marks one year until the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with preparations for the event prog […]

Media in South Korea report that a Russian military aircraft violated what the South claims to be its airspace […]

Japan’s ruling coalition is set to maintain control of the Upper House following Sunday’s election. People in […]

People across Japan are casting their ballots in the Upper House election. About 47,000 polling stations opene […]

Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued an emergency warning for extremely heavy rain in parts of Nagasaki Pr […]

South Korea has missed the Thursday deadline for responding to Japan’s request to start a third-party arbitrat […]

South Korea will likely fail to meet the deadline for acting to establish an arbitration panel on the issue of […]

A senior official of South Korea’s presidential office says the government will deal resolutely with Japan’s s […]