Tokyo police have tested a makeshift flamethrower after they found such a device in a vehicle which a suspect drove into pedestrians on New Year's Day.

At least 21 people were killed and 71 others injured when a gasoline pipeline exploded in central Mexico on Friday.

Japan and South Korea have welcomed plans for a second US-North Korea summit to be held in February.

Japan's transport ministry is to require air traffic controllers in the country to take alcohol tests.

An 86-year-old Japanese adventurer who is attempting to scale Argentina's Mount Aconcagua reached a camp about 6000 meters above sea level on Friday ...

More than half a million high-school students and graduates across Japan are putting their knowledge to the test at unified college and university entrance ...

The office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued a rare statement disputing a report that a former lawyer of US President Donald Trump told investigators ...

The number of suicides in Japan fell in 2018, marking a ninth straight year of decline.

Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, 86, has begun an attempt to scale Mount Aconcagua, South America's highest peak.

One of Sharp's subsidiaries has announced its first laptop computer models under the Dynabook brand name, after Sharp bought the business from Toshiba.

Japan's health ministry says an influenza outbreak is taking hold across the country. It estimates over 1.6 million people have been affected.

Workers have started demolishing a former town hall building in northern Japan that was severely damaged by the tsunami on March 11th, 2011.

Officials from Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido have organized a seminar in Vietnam aimed at bringing more Vietnamese workers to the region.

Japan's Defense Ministry is planning to make public new evidence to support its claim that a South Korean naval vessel directed its fire-control radar at a ...

Japanese authorities are urging people on a small island in southwestern Japan to stay away from a volcano that erupted on Thursday morning.

A US media outlet is reporting that China has offered to reduce its trade surplus with the United States to zero by 2024.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the chief of the Japanese Olympic Committee should have been more forthcoming at a news conference about the bribery ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government filed a report with the UN Security Council on North Korea's suspected violations of sanctions resolutions.

Huawei's founder and CEO strongly denies that his company's products are a security risk. Speaking to Japanese media on Friday, Ren Zhengfei dismissed ...

Eighty-six-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura will set off on Friday to scale Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, South America's highest peak.

Major Japanese electronic parts maker Nidec has lowered its sales projection for the business year ending in March. Officials attribute the downgrade to a global ...

A fifth city in Okinawa has decided to boycott a prefectural referendum on a controversial plan to reclaim land for the relocation of a US military base within the ...

The Thai government has launched an initiative to seed clouds as part of measures to tackle the country's serious air pollution.

Yokozuna Grand Champion Kisenosato will retire from sumo. His stable master made the announcement after Kisenosato was handed his third straight loss at ...

Japan's Epsilon-4 rocket has put into orbit seven small satellites that were developed by private-sector companies and universities.

Japan and Iran have held a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN Now Distributing Japanese Lifestyle and News Programming in English to U.S. Markets via Roku.

NHK World Japan has launched a new online *service* in Chinese. The broadcast, which kicked off Tuesday, runs about five hours on weekdays and includes ...

A Tokyo court has denied bail to Nissan Motor's former Chairman. Carlos Ghosn has been in detention for nearly two months.

Public servants in Tunisia staged a nationwide strike on Thursday to demand higher salaries in the economically struggling country.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has held talks with lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties to discuss alternatives to her voted-down plan for ...

The defense team of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn has again asked the Tokyo District Court to grant bail to their detained client.

Indonesia's two presidential candidates sparred in their first TV debate on Thursday, ahead of the election in April.

Japan's communications ministry is expected to start preparing to apply domestic privacy regulations to US IT giants.

Japan's Cabinet has taken the unusual step of revising the country's budget bill for fiscal 2019. It's rare to revise a draft budget that's already been approved by ...

South Korean prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for a former Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yang Sung-tae is currently mired in dozens of allegations of ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government will budget an additional 79.5 billion yen, or more than 730 million dollars, to cover underpaid unemployment ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono has announced that he will meet his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, next week. Kono hopes to raise the ...

Foreign ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have expressed "concerns" over land reclamations and other activities ...

Japanese trade and industry minister Hiroshige Seko says the government will continue to promote the export of nuclear power plants, despite a decision by a ...

Japan's top airline companies have drawn up plans to prevent a repeat of alcohol-related problems involving flight crews.

A Japanese court has turned down an appeal from Carlos Ghosn's defense team over a decision to deny the former Nissan Motor chairman bail.

A work of graffiti found at a Tokyo waterfront is receiving special treatment.

Thursday marks 24 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated western Japan. People prayed for the victims at the exact time of the quake.

The death toll has risen to 14 in an attack by an armed group on an upscale hotel in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Foreign residents of Tokyo have taken part in a drill to prepare for massive disasters, such as powerful earthquakes.

A close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in the United States, apparently to discuss a second summit between the two countries' leaders.

Japan's key gauge of inflation rose in December, marking a 24th straight monthly increase. But the rate of growth slowed due to lower gasoline prices.

Japan's labor ministry has launched an external investigation panel to look into the use of an improper method for collecting job data.

A massive ice disc rotating in a river in the United States is fascinating people around the world.

It is essential for NHK to exercise a certain degree of restraint as a public broadcaster, while providing high-quality programs. A thorough streamlining of its ...

In NHK's latest opinion poll, Japanese voters' approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood at 43 percent. That's up two percentage points ...

The Japanese government has made further decisions on the outlines of the ceremonies for the Imperial succession that will take place later this year.

NHK has learned that a collision involving a Japanese cruise ship in Guam was caused by the captain's error.

China says Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States for two days from January 30th for ministerial-level talks. Liu is in charge of trade negotiations with the ...

Okinawa has decided not to allow the regional defense bureau to transplant corals from a site for the planned relocation of a US military base within the ...

An NHK poll shows a majority of respondents support the Japanese government's decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission.

TBS will bring back its comedy series The Last O.G. for a second season on April 2, the network said Tuesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that Japan must acknowledge Russia is not illegally occupying islands claimed by Japan.

The operator of a nuclear power plant in western Japan says it plans to decide early this year whether to scrap one of the plant's reactors, or extend its life.

Yokozuna Grand Champion Kisenosato will retire from sumo after losing three straight bouts in the New Year Tournament.

The Japanese government is set to officially decide next week to recommend the country's nature-rich southwestern islands for registration as a UNESCO World ...

A court in Singapore has handed down a one-week prison sentence to the former head of consulting firm for telling lies to investigators over funds related to ...

Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old man for driving into pedestrians on a crowded street on New Year's Day, injuring eight people.

Japan Airlines has been excluded from a list of the world's 20 safest airlines. The carrier had been on the list for 3 years in a row from 2016.

Officials from Group of 20 finance ministries and central banks are grappling with a range of issues at talks in Tokyo. The meeting is the first of several G20 ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government appears to be considering redeveloping the former site of the Tsukiji food market as a venue for international conferences ...

China has issued a stern warning to the United States over the issue of Taiwan.

A winter phenomenon known as "diamond dust" has been observed in the town of Biei in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido.

Britain's parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's deal for leaving the European Union.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that the administration of US President Donald Trump is considering lowering tariffs on some, or even all, goods from China ...

The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States have reaffirmed their close cooperation in dealing with China's growing maritime presence and other regional ...

Japan's transport ministry has asked the United States to step up airport security inspections after a passenger accidentally took a loaded handgun onto a flight ...

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says the United States will not be sending a delegation of Cabinet members to the World Economic Forum in ...

A car plowed into pedestrians on a crowded street in Tokyo on New Year's Day. Police say eight people were injured and rushed to hospital. One is reportedly in ...

Japan has launched a departure tax for Japanese and foreigners leaving Japan, from January 7th.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to work together on global challenges for the Group of 20 summit to be held ...

Japanese automaker Subaru says its domestic production this year will decrease slightly from last year to ensure proper product inspections.

US President Donald Trump has denied House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi the use of military aircraft for an overseas trip.

TBS has snagged German comedy-drama “Arthur's Law” from its Turner stablemate TNT in Germany. The U.S. channel has taken the finished show subtitled in ...

A Tokyo court has denied bail to Nissan Motor's former Chairman. Carlos Ghosn has been in detention for nearly two months since November.

Conan O'Brien is a comedy tour-de-force, and TBS knows it. Following the expanded partnership with the cable company and Team Coco, the comedian will be ...

The US Defense Department has unveiled a new missile defense strategy. It includes a plan to deploy space-based sensors in an apparent response to the ...

The head of Japan's Olympic Committee is denying any wrongdoing related to allegations he used bribes to help secure the 2020 Tokyo Games.

French prosecutors have told NHK that they've placed Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda under formal investigation over his ...

As a senior North Korean diplomat in charge of negotiations with the United States travels to an international conference, attention is focused on what she will ...

An NHK poll shows that nearly 70 percent of people in Japan think marriage is not necessarily needed.

Arrangements are reportedly underway for the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea to meet in Switzerland next week amid worsening bilateral ties.

Last month, a massive funeral was held at a Buddhist temple east of Tokyo. But it wasn't a funeral in the traditional sense of the word. On the altar at Kofukuji ...

A car bomb at a police academy killed nine people in the Colombian capital on Thursday. Local police say more than 50 others were wounded.

A US research group says North Korea may be operating its uranium enrichment facility at the Nyongbyon nuclear site.

Fans of Conan O'Brien have known his TBS show would be undergoing some big changes. Among them, that Conan would go from being one-hour in length to ...

Foreign travelers' spending in Japan hit a record high in 2018, but the average spending per person declined.

The head of Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical says his company's recent acquisition of Ireland-based multinational Shire will boost Takeda's name recognition.

Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. At least four people were killed and more than 100 ...

A local government official in Australia says oxygen will be pumped into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of fish were found dead last week in the ...

The court-appointed lawyers, who serve as prosecutors, have demanded five-year prison sentences for three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power ...

The auction bell at Tokyo's new wholesale food market rang for the first time this year on Saturday, with bidding marked by a record price for a blue fin tuna.

Media reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China.

A Japanese court has ruled that a subway firm's severe evaluation of personnel with beards or mustaches was unfair, and ordered that damages be paid.