During his meeting with Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump made a series of statements ...

In a nationwide opinion survey conducted Aug. 23 and 24 by the Mainichi Shimbun, 43% of respondents said Prime Minister ...

Japan’s political stagnation under a weakened prime minister leaves the nation vulnerable, at home and abroad.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, was shot while campaigning for a candidate for the Upper House of Parliament. By Hikari Hida and Ben Dooley July 9, 2022 The Interpreter ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks for supporting his party member of the House of Councillors Election in Onomachi, Fukushima Prefecture on July 5, 2022. 67-year-old Abe has reportedly ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday, stressed ...

The country's 48th general election comes after a shaky time for Abe and his government, which was wracked by two corruption scandals linked to the Prime Minister and his wife, and the resignation ...

Former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, known as a close aide to the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited the ...

Though the government denies having a formal immigration policy, the number of foreign workers increased during Abe’s second term from 2012 to 2020. Post-Abe governments continue using Abe ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan called the fatal shooting of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister, an “act of cowardly barbarism.” By The Associated Press July 8, 2022 ...