As Japan faces a shrinking workforce, businesses and politicians are looking overseas for talent - and one of the regions they're looking to is Africa.

A US think tank has released a report it says confirms the existence of a North Korean base that likely houses intercontinental ballistic missiles.

A Japanese government survey has shown that local authorities will request at least 520,000 people to evacuate for a week to brace for a potential tsunami if Nankai Trough Earthquake temporary ...

More than 3.4 million foreigners visited Japan in July, up more than 4 percent from the same month last year. But the growth ...

Twenty-nine Japanese citizens suspected of attempted fraud in Cambodia have been transferred to Japan by plane. They were ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has held one-on-one talks with African leaders attending the Tokyo International ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco has called for economic growth through mutual cooperation at a global conference on African ...

Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Lingling could make landfall on the country's southwestern region of Kyushu sometime through Friday.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced sanctions on four more officials at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

NHK has learned that officials from the Philippine Navy visited Japan this month to inspect a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer escort.

Japan's Defense Ministry has decided to deploy long-range anti-ship missiles, which will be part of the country's counterstrike capabilities, to a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Kumamoto Prefecture ...

People in western Japan have reported seeing what appeared to be a ball of light falling from the sky on Tuesday night.