The arrest and detention of environmental activist Paul Watson in Greenland drew renewed attention to Japan's whaling, specifically the commercial whaling that resumed in July 2019. Japan stopped commercial whaling…
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top government flank Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday announced he will run in the ruling party's leadership election in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.Hayashi,…
With political reform one of the top issues in the Sept. 27 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi proposed a new independent agency to regulate political…
In September 2021, Japan took a leap with the establishment of its Digital agency and the creation of the government cloud. With the goal to build a society in which…
CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that US Steel should remain domestically owned, saying during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh that it is “vital for our nation to…
Almost 40,000 people died alone in their homes in Japan during the first half of 2024, a report by the country's police shows.Of that number, nearly 4,000 people were discovered…
When Fumio Kishida declared earlier this month that he would not seek re-election as leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and was stepping down as prime minister, the…
The recent violent upheaval that led to a military-backed regime change in Bangladesh, followed by the country's pleas for $6.5 billion in international bailouts, raise concerns about the future direction…
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won't be the prime minister after September. Kishida served longer than most – nearly three years. Japanese prime ministers, except the late Shinzo Abeseem to…
Thailand's most prominent businessmen, politicians and diplomats turned up at a dinner event last week to listen to former leader Thaksin Shinawatra share his vision for the nation. It was…