Shigeru Ishiba was voted in as the 102nd prime minister of Japan at an extraordinary Diet session on Oct. 1 and faced immediate criticism from the opposition bloc. He received 291 out of the 461 ...

Moscow doled out permanent entry bans on Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi and eight other top officials and business leaders in ...

A court found the assailant guilty of attempted murder in the 2023 attack on Fumio Kishida, then prime minister. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo A court in western Japan ...

FILE - A suspect, center on the ground, is caught by police after he allegedly threw "the suspicious object," as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Saikazaki port for an election ...

Man Who Attacked Japan's Ex-Prime Minister Kishida Is Convicted and Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at ...

Japan's embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the country Wednesday by announcing that he'll step down when his party picks a new leader next month. His decision clears the way for his ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in ...