A Japanese tech company has held an app development contest in San Francisco with a very Japanese reward -- a sushi dinner ...

Former President Donald Trump appears to have made a stunning comeback. NHK's partner in the US, ABC News, projects he has won the country's presidential election, beating Democrat and current ...

NHK has learned that the national security advisers of Japan, the United States and South Korea are meeting to reaffirm further cooperation regardless of who wins the US presidential election.

A Big Mac an NHK correspondent bought in News York's Time Square cost him twice what it would be in Japan. The online reaction was swift. One person said they would take instant miso soup and ...

Brad Lightcap speaking in an exclusive interview with NHK on April 15 ... President Brad Smith in the US on April 9. Amazon Web Services is planning to spend more than 2.2 trillion yen in Japan ...

During late August, an NHK crew visited a store in Tokyo that usually ... Agriculture Minister Sakamoto Tetsushi told a recent news conference that this year's rice harvest is progressing well ...

Before joining NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Inoue Yuki anchored and reported for national news programs, including News Watch 9, NEWS 7, and Close-up Gendai+. Among the big stories he's covered: the 2011 ...

NHK World’s Shimada Yukiko speaks to new and would-be parents about what is holding them back. The number of children a woman is expected to have during her lifetime fell to 1.20 in 2023.

In NHK's 1990 historical drama series "Tobu ga gotoku," he starred as the historical leader Saigo Takamori. He also played the titular role in another NHK historical drama about the eighth Shogun ...

NHK looks into the risks and the measures taken to mitigate them. Experts believe there's a 70 to 80 percent chance that a magnitude 8 to 9 quake will take place in the Nankai Trough within the ...

The 10,000-yen note now features financier Shibusawa Eiichi, who replaces philosopher Fukuzawa Yukichi. It's the first change in 40 years for this denomination. The 5,000-yen note changes from ...

NHK explores how crime gangs are recruiting individuals to rob and steal. Two men, age 20 and 30, were arrested this month on suspicion of breaking into a house in Chiba Prefecture. One of the ...