NHK has learned that a Japanese doctor is expected to be extradited from the United States 11 years after allegedly damaging ...

A Japanese government official says the government has confirmed that a Japanese national was detained by Iranian authorities ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese national has been detained in Iran since last month, a senior government spokesman said Wednesday ...

NHK will promote its executive vice president, Tatsuhiko Inoue, to president to succeed Nobuo Inaba, 75, whose term expires next month, the public broadcaster board of governors said Monday. Inoue, 68 ...

A Chinese staffer who went off-script during a news broadcast had expressed opposition to reading articles on Japanese islands claimed by China and other sensitive bilateral issues, Japan’s public ...

Mars has long been a fixation for humankind, imagined alternately as a utopia by 19th-century novelists, a homeland to menacing aliens by 20th-century filmmakers and an unforgiving cosmic frontier by ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has issued a warning to NHK over unscripted remarks about sensitive topics related to China, as the public broadcaster is criticized ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) dismissed a Chinese newscaster who made controversial comments during a broadcast that included referencing the Nanking Massacre and "comfort women." In a live radio ...

An NHK logo is seen in this 2021 file photo. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki) TOKYO -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK has revealed the details of a Chinese contract staffer's unscripted remarks made on radio ...

As Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK upholds the principles of editorial independence and institutional autonomy. Our mission is to contribute to the advancement of democracy and culture by delivering ...

NHK fee collectors and paperwork have long been met with resistance, from “deterrent stickers” on doors to public frustration over Japan’s compulsory contract system. Image: Japan Today TOKYO NHK ...

Many foreigners in Japan know the feeling: you’re enjoying a quiet evening at home when the doorbell rings. Curious, you answer it, only to be greeted by a serious-looking man with a clipboard, ...