Kir's life reads like a novel: low-ranking male macaque shunned by the ladies and bullied by those around him gets a new chance in a neighboring troop. Does a reversal of fortune lie on the horizon?

One of the most striking aspects of EXPO 2025, OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN is the cutting-edge architectural thinking on display. Several of Japan's most innovative architects and designers have created ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO July Tournament Day 8 action live from Nagoya, as top wrestlers reach the halfway point of the 15-day contest.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from July 21, Day 9 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya.

We introduce Kazuo ISHIGURO's "A Pale View of Hills" and other Japanese films screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as well ...

Australia's "worst-ever" wildfires in 2019 had a devastating impact on endangered species, including koalas. We examine the ...

The United States has informed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, that it will ...

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says its executive director will attend ceremonies in Hiroshima and ...

Twenty-eight countries, including Japan, as well as the European Union, have issued a joint statement calling for an ...

Israeli forces have launched new ground operations in the central Gaza Strip. The attacks reportedly killed civilians and damaged the World Health Organization's facilities.

Investigators say a mobile battery that caught fire on a JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Sunday had been subject to a ...

Scorching heat gripped Japan with temperatures exceeding 38 degrees Celsius in wide areas from western to northern areas on ...