TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, shown on Aug. 14, announced his intention to step down after a term marked by various scandals. (Philip Fong-Pool/Getty Images) ...

Japan’s governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party leadership is a ticket to the top job ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under increasing pressure to bow out after his party and junior coalition partner Komeito ...

2:38 Japanese PM delivers warning on Russian, North Korean nukes in speech to U.S. Congress Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is making final arrangements to visit South Korea at the end of July, also hoping to meet President Lee Jae Myung, a source close to the matter said ...

On July 29, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba received a courtesy call from a group of junior high school students, who are third ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in ...