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.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged to generate 20 percent of the nation’s electricity through renewable forms of energy by the 2020s as the nation rewrites its power blueprint in the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc. ... underscored the gravity of the situation by announcing his “deep concern” for the nation in his first public speech since ascending the throne in 1990.

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.

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 ...

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has survived a close-fought challenge to his leadership by Ichiro Ozawa. Kan Holds Onto Japan Leadership – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

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 ...

TOKYO Prime Minister Naoto Kan won a hard-fought vote within Japan’s governing party on Tuesday to stay on as prime minister, surviving a challenge by the party’s power broker, Ichiro Ozawa ...

Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigns. August 26, ... In a nationally televised speech, Kan said he was stepping down as chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, ...