Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

This followed a visit the previous month by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the current leader’s father. Kim Jong Il admitted that Japanese ...

This is the first visit by a Japanese prime minister to Ghana in 17 years since Junichiro Koizumi’s visit in 2006. Ahead of the meeting, Kishida visited the Noguchi Memorial Institute for ...

Then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama released a statement on the 50th anniversary in 1995, followed by Junichiro Koizumi on the 60th and Shinzo Abe on the 70th. Tetsuo Saito, leader of Komeito ...

It’s a sad fact that the world’s most charming places become victims of that very charm. These must-see destinations are doomed to magnetise more tourists than they can manage, buckling under ...

Under the 2001-06 premiership of Junichiro Koizumi, the Yasukuni Shrine finally ... including then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2013 and members of the Suga Cabinet in 2021. Most recently, in ...

It all started when former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi launched a 2003 drive to boost tourism numbers in the recession-prone nation. Despite its population of nearly 127 million ...

With reports of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, Japan’s boom is turning into a nightmare. That’s essentially the advice Japan’s government had for the ...