TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishibabattered in parliamentary elections last monthhas survived a rare runoff vote against the opposition to remain the country's leader but he still faces…
Last summer, Hanako Okada, a Tokyo lawyer and mother of two young children, started to plan a campaign for Parliament from the northern rural district where she spent her childhood.…
TOKYO (AP) — A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former defense minister who is a longtime…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement. They…
TOKYO (AP) — Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of…