Bitter comments are being exchanged as politicians in South Korea wrestle over the relationship with Japan. Members of the main opposition group, the Democratic Party of Korea, or DPK, use…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending,…
Yasushi Kaifu has never been to China, and the 15-year-old Tokyo resident does not plan on visiting any time soon.Few of Kaifu's high school friends have ever traveled to China…
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…
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…
Nearly a dozen Liberal Democratic Party legislators could run in next month's party presidential election, including veterans and junior legislators, making for an unusually crowded and unpredictable race.But each of…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the country Wednesday by announcing that he'll step down when his party picks a new leader next month. His decision…
- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step downin September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address…
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he will not run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election slated for September, guaranteeing that Japan will have a new prime minister…
TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima officials urged world leaders Tuesday to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to…