Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto have agreed to strengthen ties between their two countries.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from May 24th, Day 14 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

A ceremony has been held at Narita Airport, near Tokyo, to mark the start of full-scale construction work to extend one of the current runways and build a third one.

A traditional Chinese dragon boat race was held in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong to promote exchanges between Japan and China.

US President Donald Trump appears set to approve what he calls "a planned partnership" between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel. But it remains unclear how much ownership the president will allow the ...

Visitors flocked to a theme park in western Japan on Sunday for the last opportunity to get an up-close look at four giant pandas that are set to be transferred to China.

North Korea reportedly detained three officials after one of the country's warships was damaged during its launch ceremony.

International students at Harvard University still face uncertainty over the US administration's move to bar them from studying there.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul on Saturday.

Japan's agriculture minister has pitched a plan to reduce the price of rice as consumers struggle with soaring costs.

A film by Iranian director Jafar Panahi has won the top prize at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. Twenty-two films were nominated in the festival's competition category. Panahi's "It Was Just an ...

Palestinian media say an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed a doctor's nine children, as Israeli forces continue their offensive in the territory.