A ferry route in Hiroshima Prefecture has helped keep a local community afloat for 135 years. But aging dock facilities mean ...

Japan's Emperor and Empress, along with their daughter, have offered condolences to the souls of people who died in the ...

The US wants Asian nations to invest in an Alaska LNG pipeline. An expert says they should shop around as competing projects ...

A Japanese deep-sea diving team discovers a former luxury cruise liner from the 1920s that sunk off Wakayama, documenting its ...

South Korean males in their 20s are leaning more to the right, amid economic precarity and rising anti-feminism sentiment.

The Japanese government plans to cautiously study the foreign policy of new South Korean president Lee Jae-myung, who has ...

Armed ethnic minority groups in Myanmar have announced the extension of a temporary ceasefire. They said the truce will be ...

More than 200 inmates broke out of a prison in the coastal city of Karachi, Pakistan. Local media say the jailbreak happened ...

NHK has learned that responding to US tariffs and ensuring a stable rice supply are top priorities in a draft of the Japanese ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te posted a message on social media on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident on ...

Wednesday marks 36 years since the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Russian forces are intensifying their offensive in the northeastern Ukrainian region bordering Russia, with reports of civilian casualties and residents forced to flee.