His father, Nobuo Kishi, 63, a former defense minister, resigned from the seat, as well as his job as a close aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Feb. 3, citing illness. Four days later ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi is a descendant of the swaggering but practical men of Choshu. Less than a century ago his clansmen enthusiastically followed the Emperor’s orders by ...

The LDP's connection with the church, formally the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, dates back to former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, Abe's grandfather, and has continued even ...

Former Prime Minister Taro Aso, now LDP vice president, gave an encouragement speech for Kishi: “You are blessed with all of this. Ganbare! (Go for it!)” Looking around at all the political ...