The approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet rose to 69.9 percent, up 5.5 percentage points from ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he would stand down. His decision follows a financial scandal involving lawmakers from his Liberal Democratic Party. The LDP has ruled Japan almost ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party marked the 70th anniversary of its founding on Saturday amid concerns that reforms after a political funds scandal could stall as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday. Kishida confirmed that he will not seek re-election as head of the ...

At a Tokyo press conference on May 11, Ichiro Ozawa, leader of Japan’s main opposition party, looked refreshed and smiling. Someone in the crowd yelled, “Don’t quit!” but everyone gathered at the ...

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TOKYO >> A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in ...

Japan's government is mired in the worst corruption scandal in three decades. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is struggling with allegations that politicians in his ruling party violated campaign finance ...

A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday was forced to start this year’s parliamentary session with an apology over one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals in decades.