Fumiko Kishida News Today

Japan marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-World War II Constitution coming into effect on May 3, or Constitution Day. Meanwhile, Russia c

S Korea, Japan face need to cooperate on challenges posed by N Korea and China, but history keeps getting in the way.

The leader of junior coalition partner Komeito lambasted a former key aide to Prime Minister Fumiko Kishida for his homophobic comments regarding sexual minorities and same-sex marriage.

The government decided on Oct. 27 to abolish around 99 percent of analog regulations requiring a human touch at a meeting of a government panel as it seeks to move toward digital reforms.

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei index shed most of its early gains to end flat on Friday after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out his vision for the next governor of the Bank of Japan, in comments interpreted as a push to extend policies he introduced when he was prime minister.

Fumiko Kishida will become Japan’s third prime minister in just over a year after winning a dramatic runoff in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership vote, but if he fumbles policy badly enough he may driven to an early resignation, keeping the revolving door of leaders going.

Prime Minister Fumiko Kishida condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 following a hastily convened National Security Council meeting after earlier vowing to consider imposing additional sanctions. 

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida led the ruling LDP to an unexpectedly strong election win, enabling him to solidify his status in a fractious party.

But Latin America investments suffered biggest losses in September