Naoto Kan, in his first major speech since taking over, said Japan needed a financial restructuring to avert a Greece-style crisis. Japan is at 'risk of collapse' under its huge debt mountain, the ...

Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Nov. 5 officially announced he will retire from politics and praised himself for his long career that has received mixed reviews from critics. Kan, a 77-year-old ...

“Just a month after former grassroots political activist Naoto Kan took the helm of Japan’s government with approval ratings running over 60 percent, voters have handed him the worst imaginable ...