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 […]

South Korean plaintiffs seeking damages for wartime labor plant to begin court procedures soon to sell assets […]

China has posted its slowest economic growth since the country began releasing its quarterly GDP data in 1992. […]

Britain’s foreign secretary says an Iranian tanker seized off the British territory of Gibraltar could be rele […]

As tensions continue over Japan’s stricter export curbs against South Korea, officials from both governments h […]

Japan and South Korea are discussing in Tokyo Japan’s tightened curbs on exports of some materials to South Ko […]

Japan’s space agency has announced its space probe Hayabusa 2 has successfully made its second landing on the […]

South Korea has criticized Japan at a meeting of the World Trade Organization over Tokyo’s tighter export requ […]

The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Iran has breached the uranium enrichment level set by the 2015 […]

The U.S. envoy for North Korea is set for a series of meetings in Europe this week to offer updates on denucle […]

Many people are visiting one of a group of burial mounds in Osaka Prefecture, that has been added to the list […]

A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to seize a British oil tanker in retalia […]

Police in Tokyo have arrested two Chinese nationals in connection with a scam using a cashless payment service […]

Candidates for Japan’s Upper House election are officially kicking off their campaigns, with voting set for Ju […]

1. Weather officials say extremely heavy rain will continue to batter the island of Kyushu in southwestern Jap […]

1. A night of escalating violence in Hong Kong has left territory shaken and its government scrambling to resp […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have met and agreed to resume stalled bilat […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday […]

1. On Day 2 of the G20 summit in Osaka, world leaders are discussing ways to narrow global inequality and tack […]

1. World leaders have gathered in Osaka for the G20 summit. 2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese […]

1. Leaders of the Group of 20 economies will have some thorny issues to work through when they meet in Osaka o […]

1. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided on Wednesday to hold the ballot and vote-counting on July […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday amid continu […]

1. The U.S. secretary of state says there is a very good possibility denuclearization talks between his countr […]

1. China’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit Japan this week. 2. North Korea […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged he approved military airstrikes on Iran, but pulled back just […]

China’s president is aiming to de-escalate rising tensions on his second day of his first visit to North Korea […]

1. China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in North Korea for the first day of a historic visit to Pyongyang. […]

1. A magnitude-6.7 quake struck the northern part of the country late Tuesday night. No fatalities have been r […]

1. At least 12 people are dead and many more are injured after a powerful earthquake struck China’s Sichuan pr […]

1. The organizers of Sunday’s mass rally in Hong Kong say nearly two million residents took part to protest ag […]

Japan has used the G20 meeting to propose setting up an international framework for cooperative research into […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed gratitude for his visit to Ir […]

1. The attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman have caused crude oil prices to surge in New York. 2. Minist […]

1.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Tehran on a mediation mission. He hopes to deescalate regional tensions caus […]

1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left Tokyo for Tehran amid rising tensions caused by the rift between Iran an […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump have discussed the situation in the Middle […]

1. Hundreds of thousands of people in Hong Kong have protested a bill that would allow suspects to be extradit […]

1. Trade ministers from G20 countries are meeting on Sunday for the second day of talks in Tsukuba. 2. Finance […]

Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 economies have opened a two-day meeting in Jap […]

1. Western Japan has been lashed by torrential rains from Friday morning. 2. The leaders of the United States […]

1. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced that it is withdrawing its proposal to merge with French automaker […]

1. The U.S. federal reserve chairman has hinted he is open to cutting interest rates in the face of the ongoin […]

1. Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in the Chinese capital of Beijing. 2. […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is prepared to engage in talks with Iran without an […]

1. Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya has affirmed with his U.S. and Australian counterparts that their co […]

1.China has hiked duties on 60 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. goods as the trade war between the world’s two l […]

An international conference on Asa-Pacific security challenges will open in Singapore on Friday, with top defe […]

A video of a man randomly attacking a group of schoolchildren waiting for a school bus in Kawasaki, near Tokyo […]

Police in Japan have begun searching the home of the man who stabbed school children on Tuesday as they were w […]

Police say an elementary school girl and a 39-year-old man have been confirmed dead, following a mass stabbing […]

The leaders of Japan and the U.S. have highlighted the strength of their countries’ alliance as they sat down […]

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to spend a full day with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, ahead o […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has left Washington for a four-day state-visit to Japan. Trump has announced that […]

Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono says maintaining the liberal international order will be at the top of the […]

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic says it is ending its business with Huawei, following the U.S. dec […]

Japan’s latest trade data shows a sharp decline in the surplus. That’s as semiconductor-related exports to Chi […]

Japan’s foreign minister plans to meet his South Korean counterpart to push Seoul to agree to set up an arbitr […]

Japan’s GDP grew at an annualized 2.1 percent in the January-to-March period, marking the second straight quar […]

Australia’s conservative coalition government led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison looks certain to win Saturd […]

U.S. President Donald Trump will delay a decision by up to six months on whether to impose higher tariffs on i […]

The New York Times says U.S. President Donald Trump told acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that he doe […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed with his Japanese counterpart the growing tension i […]

The U.S.-China trade dispute is intensifying after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump began pro […]

The U.S. is planning to extend its 25-percent tariff to nearly all goods China exports to the U.S. U.S. Presid […]

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will announce on Monday additional tariffs on roughly 300 bi […]

Agricultural ministers from the Group of 20 economies concluded two days of talks and adopted a joint declarat […]

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed officials to begin the process of increasing tariffs on all rema […]

The United States and China have failed to make concessions on the first day of ministerial-level trade talks […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice about Washington’s decision to hike tariffs on […]

Share prices in New York have tumbled for the second day in a row on rising worries over trade. Prime Minister […]

The U.S. trade representative is poised to raise tariffs on 200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese goods on Fri […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he cannot rule out a possibility that projectiles launched by North K […]

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has pledged the government will support South Sudan in its efforts to forg […]

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has addressed the public at the Imperial Palace for the first time since ascending th […]

Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso has called on China to help make rules to enhance the transparency of loans […]

The United States’ waivers on Iranian oil issued to several countries including Japan expired on Thursday. NHK […]

It is the first day of a new era in Japanese history full of celebrations and rituals. Emperor Naruhito took t […]

In Japan, Emperor Akihito will abdicate at the end of Tuesday – bringing the three-decade-long Heisei Era to a […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will raise the issue of reforming the World Trade Organization at th […]

One woman is dead and three other people are injured following a gun attack at a synagogue in California. Chin […]

Japan’s prime minister says U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to cooperate fully with Japan on the issu […]

North Korea’s state-run media say the country’s leader Kim Jong Un criticized the United States during his fir […]

The Tokyo District Court has granted bail for the second time to former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn. In […]

A senior Russian official has told NHK that President Vladimir Putin is considering proposing a revival of the […]

Authorities in Sri Lanka suspect a domestic Islamic extremist group is responsible for the series of deadly bo […]

Sri Lanka’s government says 207 people died in Sunday’s simultaneous bomb attacks on hotels and churches in th […]

1.In Japan, voting for mayors and municipal assemblies has become the second round of local elections. U.S. me […]

Japan and the U.S. have agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of cyber security and outer space. A Russian […]

A senior official of Russia’s presidential office says the first meeting between President Vladimir Putin and […]

North Korea’s state media say its leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a testfiring of a new type of tactical guided wea […]

Japan and the United States have wrapped up their first round of talks aimed at reaching a new trade deal. A U […]

Japan and the United States launched a new round of trade talks on Monday. Japanese and Chinese foreign minist […]

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun removing nuclear fuel from a storage pool inside […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has reiterated Washington’s demand that a trade agreement with Japan in […]

North Korea’s state media says leader Kim Jong Un is open to a third summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, […]

Officials from the Group of 20 major economies have begun a two-day meeting in Washington amid concerns that t […]

Japan’s minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has resigned. An international group of scientists […]

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has confirmed that one of its F35A fighter jets has crashed into the sea off Ao […]

Nissan Motor is working to form a new management team as part of their efforts to move beyond the era of forme […]

In Japan’s nationwide local elections, a candidate supported by the national ruling camp defeated a candidate […]

People across Japan are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect governors, mayors and local lawmakers. Foreign […]

U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced that it will cut production of its 737 passenger planes in the […]