Foreign tourists in a northern Japanese city have expressed concern after a strong earthquake hit the region on Monday night.

Inoue Shoji joined NHK in 1993 and currently works as a senior producer at NHK World-Japan. He has reported widely on ...

A 20-meter-high statue of the deity Ebisu in Tochigi Prefecture, believed to be the tallest in Japan, was freshened up for the New Year with a traditional cleaning.

NHK has learned that a major private university in Japan is considering raising tuition fees for overseas students due to rising costs to accept them. As of May last year, Tokyo's Waseda University ...

Is the global fight against landmines under threat? After decades of progress toward banning anti-personnel landmines, countries are withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty. NHK World's Yoshikawa Ayano ...

Bear attacks are continuing in Japan despite the onset of the snow season. Four people were injured on Thursday morning. In Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, a couple in their 70s who were ...

The Japanese government is weighing legal changes that would let married couples use their original surnames in a wider range of situations. The law in Japan requires married persons to have the same ...

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has established itself as a reliable source of high-quality factual programs over the years. Just this week, it won the International Emmy for best arts programming for ...

A Japanese labor union of workers at small and medium-sized manufacturing companies is planning to demand a record monthly pay increase of at least 21,500 yen, or around 138 US dollars, next spring.

Major Japanese online retailer Askul says it has resumed taking orders from firms following a cyberattack in October. However, its services for individuals remain suspended. Askul officials say they ...

NHK World TV, Japan’s sole public English-language channel is now available on the cable network of Unitymedia in Germany. The free-to-air channel has joined the basic, unencrypted line-up accessible ...