Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite ...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said being recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize has given them ...

A former comedian and an ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst will offer investment advice for a Japanese equity fund that’s ...

Taiwan reported that seven Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels operated near its territory, with one plane ...

A record number of Japanese nationals are living abroad as permanent residents, now exceeding the half-million mark, according to the Foreign Ministry's latest survey. The accumulated total of ...

Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel magazine. Conde Nast Traveler’s 2024 reader survey, which excluded U.S ...

North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un, is adopting its toughest strategy against perceived US aggression, notably due to ...

Fuelled in part by the success of TV hit "Shogun", foreign studios are hungry for quality Japanese content and local creators ...

The Office writer Mike Schur opened up about how Saturday Night Live‘s Japanese parody of the NBC comedy didn't sit super ...

News delivered via satellite from NHK Japan, in Japanese, no subtitles. Watch on SBS WorldWatch at 11pm everyday, also available on SBS OnDemand. NHK's core news program wrapping up the days local ...

As Christmas nears, New York Times journalists send dispatches from places like Santa Claus, Ind., and North Pole, N.Y. By John Otis L.B. Sullivan sued The New York Times over a civil rights ...

The thirty-second death anniversary of legendary news reader of Radio Pakistan Abdus Salam is being observed today. He was also a newscaster of Pakistan Television. The legend was posthumously awarded ...