As he welcomes the G7 to Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants Japan to become a global leader once more.

The unpopular prime minister is bowing to pressure within his party. But it is unclear whether the party is truly ready to choose a candidate who will meet the public’s concerns.

A gratuitous house party is roiling Japanese politics, landing the Prime Minister in deep trouble. Shotaro Kishida, the 32-year-old scion and political heir apparent of Japan’s incumbent leader ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was safely evacuated on Saturday from a site where he had been scheduled to give a speech and shortly before an explosion was heard, according to the police.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will not stand in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership contest in September, paving the way for a new prime minister this fall ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had been accused by opponents of nepotism after appointing his son, Shotaro, as a government aide.

Kishida's surprise resignation comes as he and his party, the governing Liberal Democratic Party, struggle to recover from a series of corruption scandals.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has taken issue with the headline used by Time magazine for an article featuring Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, claiming it did not accurately convey his remarks about the ...

As President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met privately in Tokyo last year, Biden delivered a message that was as strategic as it was genuine.

Major video game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were selected on Thursday among Time magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People of 2023," which annually ...