Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a nationalist who served in the post longer than anyone else before stepping down in 2020, was shot and killed on Friday at a campaign rally. Security ...

North Korea called on Japan on Monday to face up to history over its 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea as Japanese Prime ...

NARA, Japan — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack ...

Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan, was apparently shot during a campaign speech on Friday in Nara, according to the Associated Press and NHK public television. NHK camera footage showed ...

The person chosen Friday to lead Japan's governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big ...

It was customary for past Japanese prime ministers to distribute gift certificates, Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shoji Maitachi said Sunday. "It's something prime ministers have routinely ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new prime minister of Japan on Friday. The country’s governing political party, the Liberal Democratic Party, voted for the former minister of defense to lead ...

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step ... In another break from the past, Kishida also eschewed corporate profit-driven trickle-down economics in favor of policies ...

TOKYO — The person chosen Friday to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and ...

TOKYO — The person chosen Friday to lead Japan's governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and ...

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Japan's Soon-To-Be Prime Minister Faces Big Challenge as He Tries to Move Past Ruling Party Scandals TOKYO (AP) — The person chosen Friday to lead Japan's governing party, and become prime ...