South Korea's government says Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with US President Joe Biden by phone on Sunday.

NHK World's Kim Chan-ju has been following the impeachment proceedings from outside South Korea's National Assembly. She ...

South Korea's National Assembly has passed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol. This was the second vote after the ...

Four Japanese high school students working as "peace ambassadors" for the abolition of nuclear weapons have pledged to ...

Winter warmer: Wakayama's hot-spring river bath The 'Sennin-buro,' an open-air bath formed by the damming of a river, has opened for the season at Kawayu Onsen, a hot spring in Wakayama Prefecture.

Japan's defense minister has briefed the mayor of Nago City in Okinawa Prefecture on the start of the relocation of US Marines based in the prefecture to Guam as part of the government's effort to ...

South Korea's National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol. NHK WORLD's Aoki Yoshiyuki explains why some ruling party members came around and what comes next.

A repatriated Japanese citizen abducted by North Korea has collected signatures calling for the early return of the other victims.

Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea have called for the rescue of all victims as soon as possible at a symposium held by the Japanese government in Tokyo.

アメリカのCBSテレビは14日、複数の関係者の情報としてトランプ氏が次の駐日大使にポルトガル大使を務めたジョージ・グラス氏を有力な候補として検討していると報じました。

日本などが参加するTPP＝環太平洋パートナーシップ協定に15日、イギリスが正式に加わりました。すべての国に関税をかけると主張するトランプ氏が1月にアメリカの次期大統領に就任しますが、自由貿易を推進するTPPは経済圏がヨーロッパにも拡大します。

韓国のユン・ソンニョル（尹錫悦）大統領は、弾劾の議案が国会で可決されて職務が停止されました。今後、憲法裁判所が、弾劾が妥当かどうかを判断することになりますが、ユン大統領は「決してあきらめない」という談話を発表しました。