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 ...

Record-breaking rain has saturated and loosened the ground in Japan's Kyushu region and other areas, mainly in the western part of the country. People are being urged to take precautions against ...

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.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended Tuesday at an all-time high of 42,718 points as buying ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The White House says President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to extend the deadline for higher tariffs on ...

South Korea's presidential office says President Lee Jae-myung will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on ...