Fumio Kishida

Touting his experience as foreign affairs chief, he says: ‘I can help steer the world’; he becomes the third lawmaker to declare their candidacy for the top post

He says he will not seek re-election as party chief

The prime minister’s decision not to seek another term may set up Japan’s most exciting race for a leader in years

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 14) he would step down as prime minister next month, after a three-year tenure marked by scandal and declining public support.

JUST as the US Democratic Party is wrestling with the possibility of going into a crucial election with a deeply flawed candidate, panic is setting in among Japan’s ruling party over the unpopular Pri...

JAPAN will extend a petrol fuel subsidy until the end of the year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (Jun 21), and will temporarily reintroduce relief on utility bills over the summer, as th...

[TOKYO] Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday he's sleeping soundly after becoming the first premier in nine years to inhabit the official residence, which is reputedly haunted by ghosts...

JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce a new economic and fiscal plan for the next six years on Jun 4 aimed at boosting economic growth, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter to...

JAPAN Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday (May 22), pledging further capital markets reform and promoting asset management in a speech to hundreds of...