Naoto Kan News from United Press International. On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.

TOKYO, June 8 (Reuters) - New Japanese leader Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that restoring tattered public finances was the biggest issue facing the government and that a weak yen was generally ...

Many people think Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan should resign. He has bungled everything. He is an international fool. The only slightly logical reason I can think of for him not to resign is ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he was overwhelmed and afraid during last year’s nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, acknowledging that little has been done since then ...

With the election of Naoto Kan, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has achieved a miracle. Following the resignations of embattled Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and scandal-tainted ...

Naoto Kan: The man who says he saved the world. Japan's former PM was derided for his handling of the Fukushima disaster. Now opinion is shifting. For the first time, he tells his side of the story.

March 13, 2011— -- The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan called this crisis the most difficult crisis for the nation since World War II. His spokesperson, Nori Shikata, spoke about the rising ...

TOKYO Naoto Kan, a plain-spoken finance minister with activist roots, was elected prime minister on Friday, making him the fifth Japanese leader in four years. Mr. Kan, 63, won a vote in the lower ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese leader Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that public finances had worsened because the government could not raise taxes. Following are key quotes from Kan at a news ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he was overwhelmed and afraid during last year’s nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, acknowledging that little has been done since then ...