Sanae Takaichi elected Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a…
Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female…
Tomiichi Murayama, who apologized for Japan’s colonial and wartime aggression, dies
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing…
Japan and South Korea show enduring rift over sexual slavery issue in letters to UN
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described…
Stoxx 600, CAC, France confidence vote
LONDON — European stocks started the new trading week on a positive note, as market focus turns to…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba steps down, responding to party pressure
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has resigned
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced his resignation, after growing calls from his party to take responsibility…
Japan's prime minister, in role for less than a year, announces he will resign – The Journal
Japan’s prime minister, in role for less than a year, announces he will resign The JournalJapan’s Prime Minister Shigeru…
Prince Hisahito marks adulthood as Japan’s monarchy faces succession crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He…
India’s Modi and Japan’s Ishiba agree to expand ties
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Japan on Friday agreed to further expand ties and deepen cooperation in…
Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII
TOKYO (AP) — Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan…
Trump claims ‘Purge or Revolution’ in South Korea ahead of meeting with new leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting…