TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: A showdown is underway in Japan's Diet over the budget bill for the next fiscal year that starts in April. A motion filed by the largest opposit... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: The mayor of Minamisanriku Town in Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, says a town office building where m... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: A massive fire ripped through a building in a busy commercial district of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The blaze has killed at least 46 and... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says its editor-in-chief was detained in Moscow on Thursday and later fined. The media outlet is kno... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: Bangladeshi media are reporting that at least 43 people have died in a fire at a commercial building in the capital Dhaka. The fire started aro... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: The Japanese government plans to strengthen firearm control laws due to violent crimes involving guns in the country. On Friday, the Cabinet ad... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: The fishing season for firefly squid began on Friday in Toyama Bay on the Sea of Japan coast. Two fishing boats set sail from the port of Mizuh... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: The head of UNICEF's Regional Office for South Asia says there is a need to remove "any constraints and barriers" to ensure that all children in... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: Researchers in Japan say a phenomenon known as a slow slip event appears to be occurring at the boundary between tectonic plates located off the... Read More
TOKYO, March 1 -- NHK World issued the following news: Friday marks two months since Japan's Noto Peninsula was hit by a devastating earthquake on New Year's Day. Work to clear the rubble is progress... Read More