Every spring, the park around Shiroishi Castle in Miyagi Prefecture becomes flush with pink as roughly 300 cherry trees come ...

The White House has announced that US President Donald Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum that authorizes the ...

US President Donald Trump and other White House officials have said their country wants to "acquire" Greenland. They have ...

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an immigration ...

The US military said Wednesday that American forces seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic. The sanctioned ship was flying under a Russian flag.

A special investigative panel of Fukui Prefecture in central Japan has determined that actions taken by former Governor ...

Children mounted on wooden horses displayed their archery skills at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday. Rokugo Shrine ...

China says it's getting stricter about selling dual-use items to Japan. If that includes rare earth materials, experts say it ...

A strong stock market and the prospect of stabilizing prices suggest the Year of the Fire Horse could bring good luck to ...

We follow two men carrying on the work of late Japanese Doctor and humanitarian Nakamura Tetsu in quake-hit parts of ...

Trump says the US will get 30-50 million barrels. But an expert says long-term prospects for Venezuela's oil industry are ...

Renowned artist and entertainer His Excellency Demon Kakka, who provides regular analysis for NHK's sumo programs, talks us ...