This year's official White House Christmas ornament honors more than 150 years of culinary diplomacy practiced at state ...

A crisis looms for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. In the House of Representatives election last October, the Liberal ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the conflict to shape his message to the public.

This Japan Hour episode explores 60 years of Japan’s transformation through the lens of Tokyo, from its economic highs and ...

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi last visited North Korea in 2004 and met with the secluded country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Il. It was Koizumi’s second and final trip to Pyongyang.

Despite winning the hearts of the Japanese people, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako is legally forbidden ...

The Japanese government officially lists 17 abductees, five of whom were repatriated in 2002 after a visit to Pyongyang by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Ishiba's idea of setting up ...

Today, as we hold the graduation ceremony for the prestigious National Defense Academy (NDA) here at Obaradai, Yokosuka, I, as Prime Minister, extend my heartfelt congratulations to the graduating ...