A population imbalance has occurred in China where men outnumber women, and men in farming villages face difficulties when ...

Japan has found a potentially huge source of rare earth minerals ? but it's around 6,000 meters underwater. NHK World's Kagawa Nao explains the challenges of deep-sea mining.

Japanese police say the amount of damage nationwide from cases of "special fraud" hit a record high last year at 141.4 ...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index topped the 58,000 mark on Thursday to set another record for intraday trading.

The Tokyo District Court has handed down a suspended prison term to a former daycare center director for causing the death of ...

An advisory panel to Japan's justice minister has adopted a set of proposals for revising Japan's retrial system and for more ...

The Japanese Olympic Committee says it has requested the removal of more than 900 abusive social media posts targeting ...

People in Bangladesh went to the polls on Thursday for the country's first general election since the fall of its ...

Tent camps have been set up at around 200 locations in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to provide residents with warmth and other ...

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has visited Venezuela for the first time since President Nicolas Maduro was removed from ...

Japan's government is stepping up efforts to secure rare earth resources in the southwestern African country of Namibia. It's ...

Japanese beverage maker Asahi says deliveries of its products have returned to normal after the disruptions caused by last ...