Japan's defense ministry says multiple projectiles have been launched from North Korea. Officials say the objects were likely ...

The yen continued to strengthen against the dollar on Monday. The move came amid growing speculation over a possible coordinated market intervention by Japan and the United States.

A large rocket that will send four astronauts around the moon has reached its launch pad at the US space agency NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Since bursting onto the national figure-skating scene two years ago, Haymarket's Sarah Everhardt has become more adept at navigating her new world as a rising star. She needed to if she wanted to ...

NHK’s annual New Year’s Eve music contest, “Kohaku Uta Gassen,” has been accused of being out of touch in recent years. The latest edition pushed back hard against that critique. The 76th “Kohaku” — a ...

Every January, a new taiga series debuts on public broadcaster NHK, unfolding over the year. It’s a Sunday night ritual for many that has been going on for more than six decades. The taiga — literally ...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said certain political forces in Japan are trying to reverse the course of history. The comment is said to have been made in reference to remarks by Japan's Prime ...

Nihon Hidankyo marks the 70th anniversary of its founding this year as a group to represent survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winning organization ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has announced that North Korea launched at least two ballistic missiles on Sunday morning. The ministry said the missiles were launched from near the west coast of North Korea ...

China says it introduced tighter export controls on Japan starting on Tuesday for what it calls dual-use items that can be used for both military and civilian purposes. China's Commerce Ministry made ...

NingNing, a Chinese member of South Korean girl group aespa who has come under fire in Japan over a social media post concerning a mushroom cloud, has withdrawn from NHK’s year-end television special.