Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have passed President Donald Trump's domestic policy bill, which had been ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people in the southwestern island village of Toshima to stay vigilant against more ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday. The Kremlin said Putin ...

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty on Tuesday as it proceeds with a ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Wednesday. It's the latest in a series of ...

Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has been named Thailand's acting prime minister. He took over the role from ...

Russia has welcomed the US suspension of some weapons shipments to Ukraine. But Ukraine maintains it has begun negotiations ...

The Chinese military has dispatched a domestic aircraft carrier to Hong Kong for the first time since the territory was ...

Campaigning for the Upper House election is officially underway in Japan. NHK World's Kikuyama Kengo explains why this ...

Paper money is losing its appeal, but the country continues to lag in the global shift to cashless payments. One surprising ...

The Dalai Lama says his successor will be chosen in line with Tibetan Buddhist tradition, but Beijing has other ideas. We ...