Japan has been ranked 14th out of 36 countries in a UNICEF report on the well-being of children. The UN children's agency ...

US President Donald Trump has secured a major investment deal with Saudi Arabia. The agreement includes what is said to be ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct ceasefire talks, and ...

French movie star Gerard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting women on a film set. A court in Paris handed ...

Nissan Motor has posted a net loss of over 670 billion yen, or 4.5 billion dollars, for the fiscal year that ended in March.

US President Donald Trump has hinted that he may try to mediate talks between Ukraine and Russia which may take place in ...

Ballot counting is underway in the Philippine's midterm elections amid an intense standoff between President Ferdinand Marcos ...

Myanmar's military has carried out an airstrike on a school operated by pro-democracy forces. The assault has left at least ...

Financial markets are welcoming the announcement of a US-China deal that reduces fears of a full-scale trade war.

Lawyers for former Japanese television personality Nakai Masahiro have rebutted an independent panel report claiming that he had committed sexual violence against a woman who was an announcer for Fuji ...

US President Donald Trump headed to the Middle East on Monday to deepen economic ties with the Gulf states, even though his ...

NHK has learned that the Norwegian Nobel Committee plans to hold a nuclear disarmament-themed event in Japan in July.