A train collided with a shed with a metal pipe frame in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Wednesday. One passenger was killed and two others injured. The shed was apparently blown by strong winds.

Japan's new agriculture minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pledged to tackle soaring rice prices as he officially takes over from his predecessor Eto Taku.

This ekiben from Kamogawa in southern Chiba features sanga-yaki, made from minced fish, and is packed with regional flavors ...

North Korean state media report that a new warship was damaged due to a "serious accident" during its launch ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

Officials in the city of Hiroshima have aired out a register that contains the names of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. The work is carried out annually to protect the register from being damaged ...

Two Israeli embassy staff members -- a man and a woman -- were shot and killed near a Jewish museum in the US capital Washington on Wednesday evening.

Japan has strongly protested Israeli soldiers firing what they say were warning shots toward a diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank.

Japan began a new gasoline subsidy program on Thursday to reduce prices of the fuel and slow the rise in household living costs.

Japan's Finance Minister Kato Katsunobu and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have reaffirmed the principle that exchange rates should be determined by the markets.

Japan's Finance Minister Kato Katsunobu and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent apparently did not discuss the issue of currency levels when they met on Wednesday on the sidelines of a gathering of ...

US President Donald Trump has publicly criticized South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, alleging that the white minority is being persecuted in his country.

Nearly 1.5 million people from Vietnam and neighboring nations fled abroad after the Vietnam War ended five decades ago. One survivor speaks to NHK World about his perilous journey by boat and vision ...