TOKYO, June 27 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso promises a general election "in the not so distant future."
TOKYO, April 7 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has called for a supplemental spending package of $99.73 billion to get the world's second largest economy back on track.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, promised $17 billion in aid to poorer Asian countries.
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrived in Seoul Sunday for a summit with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, officials said.
TOKYO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Taro Aso, in a New Year's message, said he will do all he can so Japan becomes the first country to emerge out of the global recession.
TOKYO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Japan has admitted for the first time that World War II Allied prisoners worked at a coal mine owned by the family of Prime Minister Taro Aso, officials say.
TOKYO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has decided against calling elections this year because of growing economic problems, sources told Kyodo news Tuesday.
TOKYO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso, in his first policy speech in parliament Monday, stressed the immediate need to prop up the economy.
TOKYO, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Taro Aso was elected Japan's new prime minister Wednesday by the country's parliament, replacing Yasuo Fukuda, and he immediately announced his Cabinet.
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- South Korean newspapers Tuesday criticized Japan's prime minister for appointing conservative Taro Aso, known for his insensitive comments, as foreign minister.
