A Japanese woman who was officially certified as an astronaut last year has given an online lecture about her training to Japanese people living in the United States. Yoneda Ayu is undergoing training ...

A senior United Nations official has expressed high hopes for Japan to play a major role in rebuilding the war-torn Gaza Strip. The UN has estimated that nearly 80 percent of all structures in Gaza ...

Wednesday marks 23 years since five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea were returned to Japan. However, other abductees including Yokota Megumi remain unaccounted for. A brother of Megumi has ...

A prominent US businessperson will provide a Japanese foundation headed by Nobel laureate Yamanaka Shinya with personal support for its research projects including cancer therapy using iPS cell ...

In the latest NHK poll, 52 percent of respondents said they have expectations for the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Takaichi Sanae, while 44 percent said they do not ...

A court in Germany has ordered the removal of a statue of a girl symbolizing those referred to as wartime comfort women in the capital, Berlin. The statue was installed by a pro-South Korea civic ...

A survey by Japan's labor ministry has found that the increase in average wages hit a record high this year since record-keeping began in its current form in 1999. The survey was conducted between ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says the country's calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate was unchanged at 38 percent in the last fiscal year through March. It remained at that level for the fourth ...

Japan has delivered emergency relief supplies to Vietnam after a series of typhoons triggered flooding and landslides in the country, killing more than 70 people between September and October. The ...

The Israeli military has announced that 20 living hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip have been released and handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Israel believes only 20 ...

A Japan-South Korea cultural exchange festival was held in Seoul on Sunday as the two countries are celebrating 60 years of normalized diplomatic ties. First launched in 2005, the annual festival has ...