Japan Obit Murayama FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama holds a basket of Washington state apples which President Bill Clinton gave him prior to the start of their joint news conference ...

A former prime minister called her timing “crazy,” saying that during his tenure, they started at 6 or 7 a.m., not in the ...

Japan's newly minted prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, recently came under fire for a "3am study session" with close aides before a parliamentary appearance on Nov. 7. According to NHK World, she was ...

According to local media reports in Hiroshima on Tuesday, former prime minister Fumio Kishida said in a recent interview that since taking office as prime minister, he had clearly stated that he would ...

Women aren’t permitted to enter the sumo ring. Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, did not present the Prime ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama cited quotes from Confucius, saying "one should know his mistakes and correct ...

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner ...

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is not backing off from comments about Taiwan that enraged China. Many of Japan’s voters like her stance.

She sometimes writes about her private life and differs from previous prime ministers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The Japanese prime minister has revealed she typically sleeps for just two hours each night and asks aides to meet at 3am, sparking fresh concern in a country known for overworking and high levels of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his bushy eyebrows and his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, died ...

Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a ...