Campaigning for the Upper House election is officially underway in Japan. NHK World's Kikuyama Kengo explains why this ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Wednesday. It's the latest in a series of ...

Paper money is losing its appeal, but the country continues to lag in the global shift to cashless payments. One surprising ...

The Dalai Lama says his successor will be chosen in line with Tibetan Buddhist tradition, but Beijing has other ideas. We ...

Shaved ice topped with sweet, flavored syrups is a popular summer dessert in Japan for cooling down in the heat. But some ...

Lineup: 1. 4 dead, over 30 missing after ferry sinks near Bali 2. Vietnam finalizing trade deal with US 3. Suspended Thai PM ...

As a dessert or juice, Taiwan mangoes are beloved. But natural disasters and climate change have hurt production and sent ...

Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has been named Thailand's acting prime minister. He took over the role from ...

Indonesian authorities say at least four people have died and 32 are missing after a ferry sank near the island of Bali on ...

San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo, started a "baby hatch" to anonymously accept newborns whose parents cannot raise them, and a ...

Russia has welcomed the US suspension of some weapons shipments to Ukraine. But Ukraine maintains it has begun negotiations ...

The Chinese military has dispatched a domestic aircraft carrier to Hong Kong for the first time since the territory was ...