A blaze in Saganoseki, Oita City, has burned over 170 buildings, and a man in his 70s was missing. The fire spread into ...

NHK has learned that the Chinese government has notified Japan of a ban on Japanese marine import products. Our site uses ...

A winter pressure pattern and a strong cold air mass are bringing intermittent snow showers to areas from northern to eastern ...

We meet Afghani Gulhabib Habiby who takes care of cattle on a farm in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Nepalese Rukesh Raj ...

Charly is a solitary lioness from a long line of expert giraffe hunters in Africa's inhospitable Namib Desert. Her amazing ...

We follow French cuisine chef Kobayashi Kei, the first Japanese to earn three stars in France. Astounding the senses with the ...

Senior Japanese and Chinese diplomats made little headway in easing tensions between their two countries during talks in ...

Firefighters have been battling an extensive fire in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Prefectural authorities say more ...

US President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over his suspected involvement in the murder of a dissident Saudi journalist in 2018.

Mie Prefecture's Owase City is known for its thriving fishing industry. Workers at a local fish processing firm first gut the sea bream, which are cultivated in the Kumano-nada Sea, and soak them in ...

As population decline reduces tax revenues, local governments in Japan are adopting novel solutions to finance the continued ...

An 89-year-old woman in Saitama, north of Tokyo, has been competing in the demanding sport of bench pressing. Iida Noriko won ...