Myanmar's military says the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday has claimed about 1,700 lives.

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have held their first telephone talks. They both described ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran if it does not reach an agreement with the United States over its ...

Yamasawa Rina has worked for NHK for over 20 years. As a correspondent based in Paris, she covered Europe, the Middle East ...

One of the largest is the 600-year-old tree measuring 15 meters in height and having a circumference of three meters at its ...

Japan's industrial production grew for the first time in 4 months in February, partly due to increased output of chip-making devices for export to Taiwan and China.

Japan's oldest private herb garden in Uda, Nara Prefecture has a 300-year history. To pass this legacy into the future, ...

Debt-laden Chinese property developer Country Garden has logged a major loss for 2024 amid China's real estate slump. The net loss narrowed from the previous year to 32.8 billion yuan, or 4.5 billion ...

Two Japanese seismic researchers have shared their respective analysis on last week's powerful earthquake that struck near ...

The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States have held a meeting in Tokyo. They exchanged opinions over efforts to ...

The Thai government says it will set up a committee to investigate whether design or structural problems led to the total ...

The Japanese government says it will send a five-member investigation team to Myanmar, following the earthquake that struck ...