NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 1 action live from Tokyo, as the top wrestlers have their first ...

NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany with the launch on waipu.tv. The streaming TV provider is ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has announced that North Korea launched at least two ballistic missiles on Sunday morning.

EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s NHK, one of the world’s oldest public broadcasters, turns 100 this year, and the team is celebrating by looking both backwards and forwards. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, ...

NHK’s “taiga” period drama leaves the pleasure quarters of Edo behind to shift focus on the right-hand man of one of Japan’s ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government is in the final stage of compiling a draft budget worth about 122.3 trillion yen, or about 784 billion dollars, for the next fiscal year starting in April.

NHK has learned that the Japanese government is considering a raise in visa issuance fees to the levels of Western countries. Japan has maintained the current fees for nearly 50 years. The government ...

A surge in bear attacks has reshaped daily life in many parts of Japan this year. Winter would normally spell an end to the danger as the bears enter hibernation, but this year the encounters continue ...

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government and ruling coalition are considering slashing the threshold for imposing a tax surcharge on the country's highest earners. An additional tax took effect ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) has appointed former political reporter Tatsuhiko Inoue as its next president, marking the first time in 18 years that an internal candidate will lead the public ...