A fake video of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida making vulgar statements in a news program went viral on social media before its creator deleted the footage, which he said he made for fun.

WAKAYAMA—A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on attempted murder, election law violation and other charges in an attack on then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2023 at the site of a ...

Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave gift vouchers to lawmakers from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party while he was in office, party sources said Wednesday. The revelation emerged as ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has appointed Yoko Kamikawa as foreign minister, one of five female members of his new Cabinet that was formed on Sept. 13. The increase from two female ministers to ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the ...

Prosecutors on Monday demanded a 15-year prison term for a man accused of attempted murder after a pipe bomb attack two years ago that targeted an election event attended by then Prime Minister Fumio ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gifted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a wooden “hissho shamoji” rice scoop believed to bring victory and an origami-crane-shaped lamp representing peace ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has given the official nod to significantly boost Japan’s defense budget to 2 percent of gross domestic product in fiscal 2027, according to the ministers of finance ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The office of former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida distributed gift vouchers worth 100,000 yen ($670) each to parliamentary vice ministers during a 2022 meal gathering with the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday the government will spend over 17 trillion yen ($113 billion) in a package of measures to cushion the economic blow from rising inflation ...