The Grand Sumo tournament kicks off in Kyushu after a headline-making jaunt in London. NHK World's Shibuya Aki and Raja ...

Major convenience store chain FamilyMart has launched a new service for people with hearing impairments. The move comes ahead ...

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has raised its sales forecast for the current fiscal year to more than 2 trillion yen, a ...

US Steel has laid out plans for what it calls the next era of growth in its partnership with Nippon Steel. The company on ...

The United Nations has announced that it confirmed famine conditions in two Sudanese cities. The UN is calling for an end to ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index took a dive below the 50,000 mark on Wednesday, tracking the overnight drop in the tech-heavy ...

The United Nations has announced that it confirmed "famine" conditions in two Sudanese cities. The UN is calling for an end ...

The United Nations says average global temperatures are projected to rise by up to 2.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this ...

Britain's Defence Ministry says about 1.14 million Russian military personnel have likely been killed or wounded since Moscow ...

US media outlets say Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is now projected to win the New York City mayoral election held on ...

South Korea's intelligence agency has indicated there is a high possibility that a summit between US President Donald Trump ...

A cargo plane has crashed near an international airport in Louisville in the southern US state of Kentucky. Local authorities ...