Tokyo - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament this week, saying he wanted first to resolve the world's worst ...

The remark echoed that of an ill-fated predecessor: In 2010, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan evoked the specter of a Greek-style debt crisis in comments that shocked the nation in his call for ...

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament.

Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan defeated two candidates including a former subordinate in the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to secure a seat in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives ...

– Naoto Kan 18. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington 19. “Giving up is the most painful way of solving a problem.” – Anonymous 20.

Naoto Kan was the elected leader with no nuclear or radiation training who refused permission for the plant staff to take action to reduce containment pressure and prevent permanent damage to the ...

Nuclear power is a uniquely hazardous technology that can destroy entire nations, Japan's prime minister at the time of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has warned British MPs. The lessons of from such ...

Although the first reactor in Japan to be fired up in two years went online last month, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday that Japan needs to seek a nuclear-free path.

Naoto Kan, the former Japanese prime minister who has become a vigorous campaigner against nuclear power, yesterday called on members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who share his ...

BOSTON — In March 2011, as the world watched Fukushima’s explosions and partial meltdowns, Japan ’s then-prime minister Naoto Kan stood center stage, urging people not to panic.

On March 10, 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan felt assured that nuclear power was safe and vital for Japan. By the evening of the next day, following the massive Tohoku earthquake, the ensuing ...