US President Donald Trump has said he will demand the country's central bank to lower interest rates when crude oil prices come down.

US prosecutors have asked a court to sentence Mizuhara Ippei, the former interpreter for Major League Baseball superstar Ohtani Shohei, to 57 months in prison.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to fully and completely release classified government documents related to several cases, including the 1963 assassination of President John F.

The Bank of Japan has decided to raise its benchmark interest rate to around 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent. The BOJ made the decision at a two-day policy-setting meeting that ended on Friday.

A federal court in the US state of Washington has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at redefining birthright citizenship.

Harvard professor Graham Allison has long warned Washington and Beijing are on a collision course. He tells NHK WORLD US ...

Japan's deepening demographic issues have fueled labor shortages across many industries. As a result, the recruitment of ...

The Japanese Foreign Ministry says a Chinese court has handed down a death sentence for a man charged over a knife attack on ...

Passengers using the Skyliner express train between Narita International Airport and central Tokyo will now be able to use ...

Police in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, have issued a rare warning to social media users against posting slanderous ...

US President Donald Trump has shown a willingness to work toward a reduction of nuclear weapons with Russia and China, using the word "denuclearization." ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from January 23, Day 12 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.