Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has appointed Yoko Kamikawa as foreign minister, one of five female members of his new Cabinet that was formed on Sept. 13. The increase from two female ministers to ...

The office of Fumio Kishida, when he was prime minister, gave gift certificates worth 100,000 yen ($670) to parliamentary secretaries in connection with a social gathering held at his official ...

After dismissing a close aide for making discriminatory remarks about sexual minorities, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he felt the weight of “responsibility” for having appointed the ...

An overwhelming 73 percent of voters feel that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s economic policies are “not promising,” although his Cabinet’s approval rating rose from a record low level ...

Shigeru Ishiba isn't the right leader to weather Japan through the incoming storm. With Upper House elections this summer, it ...

MADRID--Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reported that important progress was made in security cooperation at the NATO summit, the first ever attended by a Japanese prime minister. “We were able to ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has declared “war” on a springtime nuisance that brings misery to millions of people. The central government is taking the initiative to reduce “kafun-sho,” a ...

An unusual meeting in early April between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the CEO of a U.S. artificial intelligence technology startup came about in part because of concerns the Group of Seven ...

In “most suitable” polls, Kamikawa has placed ahead of party heavyweights, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi. A February survey by the Mainichi ...