Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, ahead of a summit with US ...

Paper lanterns painted by children are being used to light up a cemetery in a northeastern Japanese city hit by the 2011 ...

Record-breaking rain has saturated and loosened the ground in Japan's Kyushu region and other areas, mainly in the western ...

Tokyo's benchmark stock index set a new all-time intra-day high for a second straight day. The Nikkei 225 was above 43,000 ...

The White House says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not join the planned summit between the US and Russian ...

Three people have died after heavy rain triggered mudslides and swollen rivers in Japan's Kyushu region as of Tuesday. Heavy ...

NHK's latest poll shows that more people support than oppose Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's plan to remain in office despite the recent setback in the Upper House election.

August 12 marks the 40th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that claimed over 500 lives, making it the world's ...

The death toll from an explosion at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania on Monday has risen to two after one person who had been ...

Authorities are warning people across Japan to brace for severe rain. Downpours have already battered Kyushu, leaving at ...

The NHK opinion poll in August shows the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's Cabinet is 38 percent.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are getting ready for a summit on Friday in Alaska. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces seem to be ...