Naoki Hyakuta, leader of the minor right-wing opposition Conservative Party of Japan, made remarks on Saturday that could be ...

Last July, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot while giving an outdoor speech in the western Japanese city of Nara. Police arrested the suspect at the scene, and he was ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends his outdoor speech at Saikazaki fishing port in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, south-western Japan on April 15, 2023.

The man accused of shooting and killing Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was charged with murder. Tetsuya Yamagami allegedly admitted to police that he killed Abe.

The body of Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, arrived in Tokyo Saturday afternoon -- a day after he was assassinated while giving a campaign speech in the western Nara region, CNN reported.

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opened his first policy speech in office Friday by setting five pillars “to defend” his country, including security, economy and disaster resilience.

One year since the inauguration of the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, we are left asking what kind of country he aims to build. The policy speech he gave on Oct. 3 to mark the ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was safely evacuated on Saturday from a site where he had been scheduled to give a speech and shortly before an explosion was heard, according to the police.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Shigeru Ishiba, right, with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and other candidates, celebrates after Ishiba was elected as new head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party during its ...

The elite power brokers of Japan’s governing party appeared to take public sentiment into account on Friday when they chose Shigeru Ishiba, 67, to become the next prime minister of Japan.. Mr ...