Japanese began voting in an election on Sunday that looks set to topple the conservative party, handing the opposition the job of reviving the econom
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Tuesday for an August 30 election that polls show could see his party ousted.
Japan has won the ”Fossil of the Day Award” for being the country that has do the most to disrupt progress at UN climate change talks, say NGOs.
Japan on Wednesday unveiled plans for only marginally deeper greenhouse gas cuts over the coming decade than its current UN commitments.
World leaders gathered on Wednesday for a summit on tackling the global financial crisis but many were split on the way forward.
Japan’s lower house of Parliament approved a record budget on Friday, a step likely to intensify pressure for the country’s unpopular premier to quit.
Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Tuesday he would resign after being forced to deny he was drunk at a G7 news conference.
Japan’s finance minister denied on Monday that he had been drunk at a G7 news conference but the opposition demanded he be fired.
Japan’s ruling and opposition parties enacted a -billion extra budget on Tuesday to fund government stimulus plans, after two days of bickering.
A senior lawmaker defected from Japan’s ruling party on Tuesday, denouncing beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso as an ”old-guard crony”
Japan and South Korea are urging North Korea to formalise a roadmap on ending its nuclear programme.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is likely in hospital but is still capable of making decisions, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday.
Global finance chiefs gathered in Washington for crisis talks on Friday as panic spread in global financial markets.
Taro Aso took charge as Japan’s new prime minister on Wednesday, pledging to work to build a ”cheerful” nation by reviving the economy.
Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen as Japan’s Prime Minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor’s Cabinet to confront a resurgent…
Japan’s ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party’s…
Japan’s political crisis deepened when the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was admitted to hospital suffering from exhaustion less than 24 hours after suddenly announcing his…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan’s support…
