Fumio Kishida

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan is facing one of its biggest challenges in decades. There are allegations that some LDP lawmakers received thousands of dollars in unreported funds. According to a report by the news agency…

TOKYO: What can we learn from a country’s choice of when - or whether - to screen World War II drama Oppenheimer? Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic was released in the United States just after the anniversary of the Trinity test, the…

<!-- -->Japan to deepen cooperation with NATO as it increases engagement with Indo-Pacific.Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he welcomed that Japan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had…

Describing the current security environment of the global community as "the most severe and complex" of the postwar era, Kishida vowed to "fully utilise diplomatic tools" to contribute to the peace and stability of the global community…

TOKYO: Two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when a fellow recruit opened fire at a training range in central Japanon Wednesday, the military said."During a live-bullet exercise as part of new personnel training, one Self-Defense…

SEOUL: A military spy satellite launched by North Koreaearlier in the day crashed into the Yellow Sea owing to an engine problem and it plans to carry out its second launch "as soon as possible," reported Yonhap News Agency.According to…

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private partyat which the merrymaking was exposed in…

Japan's PM Kishida dismissed his son from official roles for ‘inappropriate behaviour’. (Image: Reuters)Shotaro Kishida hosted a party at the official residence, where relatives posed for photos, including a mock press conference and…

<!-- -->Shotaro Kishida will resign on June 1, he added.Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he will remove his son from the position of his secretary due to "inappropriate behaviour" at the official residence.The…

TOKYO: Japan said Monday it is preparing for North Koreato launch in the coming weeks what Pyongyang has described as a satellite, but Tokyo believes may be a ballistic missile.Pyongyang has informed Japan's coastguard that a rocket will…