In an August 2010 speech commemorating the centennial of the Japanese annexation of the Korean Peninsula, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan said: "The Korean people of that time were deprived of their ...

OSAKA -- Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 27 posted a tweet to the effect that low-income earners' sympathy with the opposition Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin, JIP) is behind the ...

In a new book, the wife of Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan questions whether he is fit for the nation’s top job and suggests his tenure might be short—lived.

Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan defeated two candidates including a former subordinate in the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to secure a seat in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives ...

Naoto Kan, who became prime minister of Japan in 2010, was an ardent foe of nuclear weapons, but nuclear energy was another matter. That seemed safe and necessary.

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.

Naoto Kan, the former Japanese prime minister who has become a vigorous campaigner against nuclear power, yesterday called on members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who share his ...

Naoto Kan took his first steps in the world of politics around 40 years ago as a pugnacious citizen-activist, admonishing those with power as only those without it can. He likes to say he's the ...

Naoto Kan: The man who says he saved the world Japan's former PM was derided for his handling of the Fukushima disaster. Now opinion is shifting. For the first time, he tells his side of the story ...

Kan appeared on video to address Fukushima workers and TEPCO executives, rousing them with a speech: “You cannot abandon the plant,” he said. “The fate of Japan hangs in the balance. … ...

Naoto Kan calls his new quest to promote renewable energy "fun" and "never-ending" -- especially "now that I don't have to spend time answering questions in parliament." ...

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 ...