And for many, the unlikely hero of the capital's most compelling drama since World War II is the-then Prime Minister, Naoto Kan. Widely criticised for his handling of the March disaster ...

TOKYO — Japan's parliament elected outspoken populist Naoto Kan as prime minister Friday, handing the political veteran the immediate task of rallying his party and reclaiming its mandate for ...

Japan’s prime minister calls for phase-out of nuclear power TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a television address to the country Wednesday that Japan should decrease and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said today that plans to build new nuclear power plants should be scrapped and the nation should design a completely new energy future. Such a plan will likely ...

On the political front, Prime Minister Naoto Kan can be counted among the survivors in the disaster—and his ability to hang onto his job may well be a miracle. Photos: Japan Devastation and ...

The internal party vote virtually assures that the finance minister, Naoto Kan, 63, will become the nation’s next prime minister, replacing Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned Wednesday over broken ...

SIX years ago, after resigning as the leader of his political party in a pension scandal, Naoto Kan saved his political career by making an unusual show of atonement, shaving his head and donning ...

These facts were unearthed in 1996 by Naoto Kan when he was minister of health and welfare in a brief coalition government of the LDP and several small parties. Outraged by the scandal ...

Naoto Kans coronation as the next head of the ... that dominated the outgoing Yukio Hatoyamas ill-fated premiership? Mr. Kan, 63, has been notably quiet on the issue of late " but he wasnt always ...

WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama telephoned Naoto Kan on Saturday with to congratulate Japan's new prime minister, and promised to consult with him on the nuclear programs ...

Japan's prime minister has survived a vote of no-confidence in parliament. But there are fears Naoto Kan may be a lame duck leader, having promised to resign once he has overcome the worst of the ...

Having led Japan through the 2011 nuclear crisis, the elder statesman is now campaigning for a world without nuclear power On March 10, 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan felt assured that nuclear ...