TOKYO, Japan -- Former Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said on Thursday he would legislate a 200-day economic reform plan if elected. Hashimoto's remarks came as the four candidates for ...

This is the first time in 29 years since the first Ryutaro Hashimoto Cabinet in 1996 that the initial budget bill has been revised by the Diet. It is also the first time in 70 years since the ...

Hashimoto Ryutaro, who became prime minister in January next year, brokered a historic deal to return the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. A quarter of a century on, the plan is yet to become ...

It was the first parliamentary revision to an initial government budget through consultations between ruling and opposition parties since 1996 under then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.