Coffee drinkers in Japan have always relied on imported beans for their daily cup. Now, however, one firm is cultivating the ...

After a life devoted to yabusame, mounted archery, a veteran rider has decided to retire. NHK World's Arai Emi follows him as ...

A NATO summit is to start in the capital of Turkey. The group's European members and Canada have announced measures to step ...

Twenty-six people have been killed and about 100 injured after clashes broke out in a prison in Sri Lanka. The country's ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted that Ukraine's air defense capabilities have declined significantly. He ...

The leaders of two of the world's most populous countries, India and Indonesia, have agreed to strengthen strategic ties in a ...

Heatstroke alerts have been issued for parts of Kyushu in western Japan, while Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan is ...

A major US newspaper says Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles at two commercial ships near the Strait of ...

Over two years after a massive earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula, reconstruction work is progressing ? but rebuilding ...

The governor of Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture says he intends to sign an agreement that will allow construction of a high-speed ...

Toyota Motor says it will spend 3.6 billion dollars to expand production in the southern US state of Texas. It is the latest ...

People in Ehime Prefecture have gathered to remember those who died in the July 2018 rain disaster that hit wide areas of ...