Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

Until the Mar. 11 earthquake and tsunami, Prime Minister Naoto Kan looked like another casualty of Japan's unending political strife. His approval rating was down to less than 20 percent. His ...

TOKYO, Japan ( CNN) -- Japan’s ruling party tapped Finance Minister Naoto Kan to head the party Friday following the resignation of Prime Minister Yuko Hatoyama earlier this week. The upper and ...

Prime Minister Naoto Kan won a closely fought vote within Japan’s governing party, against the party’s power broker, to stay on as prime minister.

World Books & the Arts March 30, 2011 Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’ Criticism of the government’s response to the catastrophe has obscured major political changes.

From Prime Minister Naoto Kan to Sapporo Beer, lawmakers and companies in Japan are invoking the image and legacy of Ryoma Sakamoto, the 19th century samurai who helped overhaul the nation’s ...

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has survived a close-fought challenge to his leadership by Ichiro Ozawa.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan talked about his actions during the March 11, 2011 disaster and ideas for changes to the country's nuclear ...

Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan gave a policy speech in Tokyo after releasing a statement apologizing to South Korea for the damage caused by Japan’s colonial rule. Everett Kennedy Brown ...

Reporting from Seoul — Beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan stepped down Friday, fulfilling a promise to critics who blasted what they called his befuddled response to the nation’s ...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and ...