TOKYO: The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it ...

If confirmed, the sect nicknamed the ‘Moonies’ may become the third religious group ordered to disband in Japan.

A lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Wednesday for the replacement of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging to attend a memorial service later this month at the site of a fierce ...

Akie Abe dined with Trump and his wife Melania at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in December. Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated by a lone gunman during an election ...

Elbridge Colby, the Trump administration’s nominee to become under secretary of defense for policy, argued on March 4 that ...

Foreign affairs turned out to be the hot button for Prime Minister Fumio ... from a decade of Japan taking a conciliatory approach toward Russia and ruptured a relationship Abe had worked hard ...

Here’s a look at the life of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1954 Death date: July 8, 2022 Birth place: Nagato, Japan (some sources say Tokyo) Father: ...

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority.

Lai visited Japan in 2022, when he was vice president of Taiwan, to attend the former prime minister's funeral. Akie Abe took part in Lai's presidential inauguration ceremony in May 2024.

His grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, was Japan’s prime minister from 1957 to 1960. Abe’s great uncle, Eisuke Sato, was prime minister from 1964 to 1972. Sato was also a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

As reasons for the about-face, the government cited the need to ensure stable electricity supplies and secure carbon-free ...