1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (123+ words) Russia says 12 killed in Ukrainian attack in Zaporizhzhia nhk.or.jp Russian authorities say Ukrainian attacks in its southern region of Zaporizhzhia have killed 12 people, including four children The region was unilaterally annexed by Russia The pro-Russian leader of Zaporizhzhia…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (154+ words) Businesses in South Korea and the United States have signed 950 billion dollars in deals to cooperate in chip production and supply over the next five years. South Korea's presidential office made the announcement after President Lee Jae Myung arrived in…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (135+ words) Fireworks adorn summer night sky over Tokyo's Sumida River nhk.or.jp The bright colors of fireworks adorned the night sky over Tokyo on Saturday, drawing crowds of onlookers The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, a summer tradition in the Japanese…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (256+ words) The Nippon Professional Baseball Organization has announced the appointment of Iguchi Tadahito as the new manager of Japan's national baseball team. Iguchi played professional baseball both in Japan and the United States. The selection of a successor to former manager…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (169+ words) The leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has expressed the aim to expand opposition forces by cooperating with another party in local elections in November. Cheng Li-wun spoke at the party's national congress in Taipei on Saturday. The…...

16+ hour, 52+ min ago   (197+ words) US President Donald Trump has attended a rescheduled dinner hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association, months after the original event was cut short in April by a shooting. The dinner was held on Friday at a different venue in…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (123+ words) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that Beijing and Moscow should never allow Japan to "rearm." The ministers met in Kyrgyzstan on Friday on the sidelines of the foreign ministers' meeting of the Shanghai…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (220+ words) Temperatures soared mainly in eastern and western Japan on Saturday, reaching 40.2 degrees Celsius in Kuwana City in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie shortly after 12:30 p.m. This is the fifth straight day that temperatures of 40 degrees or above have been recorded…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago   (180+ words) The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has been dismissed from the post for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected as chief prosecutor of the ICC in 2021, Khan led the requests for arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin…...

21+ hour, 38+ min ago   (137+ words) nhk.or.jp - International Public Service Media Reaffirm Their Role at the Tokyo meeting, Hosted by NHK WORLD-JAPAN[PDF] - Changes in Broadcast Schedule of NHK Emergency Shortwave Transmissions to the Middle East[PDF] - The NHK WORLD-JAPAN App has resumed services…...