Setting finance goals for tackling climate change is a major issue at a summit-level meeting of the United Nations climate ...

US President Joe Biden's administration has indicated that it will not halt military support to Israel, citing "some progress ...

The US State Department says it has confirmed that North Korean soldiers have started taking part in fighting against Ukraine ...

Early risers have enjoyed a large cloud of fog slowly cascading down a mountainside like a waterfall in the central Japanese ...

Tensions have been rising between China and Taiwan since President Lai Ching-te assumed office in Taipei last May. NHK ...

Iranian businesses are concerned that Donald Trump's return to the US presidency could lead to further economic sanctions ...

Work to make pickled turnips, a winter delicacy, is in full swing in the ancient capital. On Nov.07, the first day of winter ...

SoftBank Group has turned a profit in the April to September period for the first time in three years. The gains were largely ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader of the Church of England, has announced his intention to resign to take ...

Japan expects sharp rise in number of elderly living alone An urgent issue facing Japan is how to address the rapid aging of ...

Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the militaries of the United States and South Korea have begun their trilateral exercise in the East China Sea.

Japan's nuclear regulatory body has officially decided that a nuclear power plant reactor in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, failed a safety review for its restart.