Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday said Tokyo aims to advance tariff talks with the US, with the goal of ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned Friday because a chronic illness resurfaced and he said he did not want it to affect his decision-making. Abe, 65, has for years ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to sack farm minister Taku Eto following remarks the minister made about rice, ...

No longer able to rely on the traditional vote-gathering power of factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, potential successors to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are convening study ...

Japan's former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that he has been appointed as the country's new ...

Hon. Gen Nakatani, Minister of Defense of Japan paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at Temple Trees on May 4. The discussion took place in the spirit of ...

Japan minister resigns after saying he’s never bought rice - Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an extremely inappropriate remark ...