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December 26, 2012
Shinzo Abe was chosen prime minister in a special Diet session on Dec. 26, marking his return to Japan’s top post on a conservative agenda and promises to jump-start the...
December 25, 2012
Incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the defining theme for his administration, to be inaugurated this week, will be pulling the Japanese economy out of deflation.
December 17, 2012
The Liberal Democratic Party surged to power in the Dec. 16 Lower House election, gaining enough strength to help it ram through its policies in the Diet while leaving the...
December 17, 2012
Despite the landslide victory on Dec. 16 by his Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo Abe has not been given a blank check to govern in his second chance as prime minister due to...
December 17, 2012
The decisive victory in the Dec. 16 Lower House election for the Liberal Democratic Party places its leader, Shinzo Abe, 58, on the road back to becoming prime minister, five...
December 14, 2011
At Beijing's request, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has rescheduled his visit to China for later in the month, sources said.
December 12, 2011
The non-support rate for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet exceeded the support rate for the first time, as voters remain unsure what the administration wants to do, an...
December 08, 2011
Yoshihiko Noda on Dec. 7 became the first incumbent prime minister to visit a photo exhibition of abductee Megumi Yokota that has been touring Japan and overseas since 2005.
December 06, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Dec. 5 ordered a blueprint for raising the consumption tax--but softened his tone on a deadline--as lawmakers started working behind the scenes ...
November 04, 2011
Greece's entry into the eurozone was approved by a summit of European Union leaders 11 years ago. A report in the vernacular Asahi Shimbun said this: "With Greece now a...
October 19, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--Normally, workers washing down a home in the city's Onami district wouldn't attract much interest, but on Oct. 18, the event even drew Japan's prime minister to...
October 01, 2011
Many political pundits point out similarities between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the late former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.
September 14, 2011
The politician Hayato Ikeda's (1899-1965) behavior and attitude changed after becoming prime minister. Before entering office, he was reputed to be bureaucratic and arrogant....
September 14, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered his policy speech before the Diet on Sept. 13. Overall, the inaugural address by the third Democratic Party of Japan prime minister was...
September 10, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda raised some eyebrows when he compared himself to a slimy, slithery, bottom-dwelling fish.
September 05, 2011
Before getting down to business on cutting Japan's enormous debt, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda decided to take the blade to another bristly problem.
September 03, 2011
Newly elected Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda formed his Cabinet on Sept. 2. The team he put together, along with top posts in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, indicate that ...
September 03, 2011
It is not a characteristic of U.S. President Barack Obama's to whine. However, referring to the difficulty of rebuilding the U.S. economy, he told donors at a fund-raiser...
September 02, 2011
Osamu Fujimura, the new chief Cabinet secretary, is known as the "Doraemon of Nagatacho" for his warm personality and ample figure.
September 02, 2011
New Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is going to great lengths to win support from opposition New Komeito to secure a majority in the Upper House.