On the LDP side, Koichi Hagiuda, a former economy minister who was then a special assistant to Abe, and Nobuo Kishi, a former defense minister who is Abe’s brother, attended. These are the first ...

Japan's Defense Minster Nobuo Kishi speaks at a plenary session during the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, Saturday, June 11. (AP) ...

and Nobuo Kishi, Abe’s brother and a former defense minister. Neither Hagiuda nor Kishi has explained themselves adequately, despite their obviously close ties to the church. We now demand that ...

Then-Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi went on Aug. 13, 2021. In 2002, Gen Nakatani, as director-general of what was then the Defense Agency, visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. Kihara was not the ...

The two secretaries are holding so-called “two plus two” diplomatic and security talks with their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on ...

When Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi met with their U.S. counterparts in Tokyo in March, the two sides issued a joint statement that stressed the “importance ...

Blinken and Austin will meet Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in what is known as the 2+2 talks. Blinken will also meet business leaders and Japanese ...

By reappointing Toshimitsu Motegi and Nobuo Kishi as foreign and defense ministers, respectively, Kishida has taken a step to prevent disruptions in foreign and defense policies. But his move to ...

The Japanese economy is expected to continue to grow at a moderate pace in 2025 supported by solid consumer spending on the back of wage hikes and the government's policies aimed at easing inflation ...

The government is nearing a decision on when it will hike both the corporate and income tax rates to help cover the cost of its plan to nearly double the nation's defense budget to 2 percent of gross ...

The death of Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama, who was found in her bathtub last week, has been ruled an accident, her agency said Sunday. Police have confirmed there is no suspicion of foul ...

The retrial of a man who served a seven-year sentence for the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in central Japan is expected to result in an acquittal as prosecutors will not present new ...