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In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Feature stories with video and in-depth analysis on the latest news from Japan, Asia and beyond, pro

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Total: 345

Immigration judges in the United States play a crucial role in hearing the cases of non-citizens and

The slowing Chinese economy is fueling employment

Oren Cass, the founder and chief economist of conservative think tank American Compass, believes tha

A team from NHK-World takes an exclusive look inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, whic

Just south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant lies the town of Tomioka, where res

As Japan's population shrinks, rural areas are facing a problem ― too many empty houses. An American

From Hokkaido's pristine powder-snow peaks to the neon-lit drinking warrens of downtown Osaka, inbou

Landscape photographer Imai Go has a soft spot for sparrows. It's an interest that began four years

As Ukrainian efforts to repel Russian forces divert more men from the workplace to the frontline, sh

Kanamori Kei found his creative spark in a paper fold, but he is now leaving people breathless with

Four years since a military coup rocked Myanmar, the fighting rages on. Life is tough as the militar

South Koreans who secretly loved Japanese pop songs in their youth are reveling in nostalgia amid a

The overall suicide rate in Japan is falling, to just over 20,000 last year, as a national preventio

A six-week ceasefire between Israel and Islamic group Hamas has been in place since January 19. NHK

New York's subway stations pulse with the energy of millions on the move. But in this subterranean c

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake rocked Japan's Hyogo Prefecture and surrounding areas in 1995, ki

South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol remains defiant against the investigation into his martial law

Over 6,400 people died in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in western Japan three decades ago. NHK

Japanese mountaineers Hiraide Kazuya and Nakajima Kenro have posthumously received 2024's Piolet d'O

A little over a year ago, Japan's Noto Peninsula was shaken by a powerful earthquake. About nine mon