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Japanese snowboarder Oguri Daichi has clinched the silver medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. The SB-LL1 class is for athletes with significant ...

In 2024, a team led by Saito Kentaro won the bronze trophy as well as a special prize at the prestigious Montreal ...

At 2:46 pm on March 11, 2026, people paused to remember the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. 15 years ago, the quake triggered tsunami and a triple meltdown at a nuclear power plant. 19,711 ...

Hoshi Toshiya is a producer with more than 30 years of experience at Japan's public broadcaster NHK and its international service, NHK World-Japan. His work focuses on overlooked sectors of Japan's ...

Spring training for new hires has started at Nikko Futarasan Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tochigi Prefecture. Two ...

An exhibition in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, is spotlighting Japan's first discovery of the natural gemstone lapis ...

Wednesday marks 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. People across Japan are observing a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the exact time when the quake struck off the country's ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu says a Japanese national who was detained in Iran last June has been released.

A bright blue lapis lazuli gemstone that was found for the first time in Japan is on show at a museum in Niigata Prefecture.

NHK World TV, Japan’s sole public English-language channel is now available on the cable network of Unitymedia in Germany. The free-to-air channel has joined the basic, unencrypted line-up accessible ...

Yuko Fukuyama, senior producer of international co-productions at NHK, discusses the public broadcaster’s commitment to ...