Topic: Yoshihide Suga

Several world leaders gathered in Japan for the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and protesters demonstrated a short distance away.

Japan on Monday marked 77 years since the country's surrender during World War II, but the country's prime minister stopped short of apologizing for his country's role in further igniting the conflict.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was re-elected on Wednesday after his party won more than half of the seats in the lower house of Parliament. He said the vote shows the people of Japan want stability over change.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was forecast to narrowly hold on to its majority in the House of Representatives as the newly elected leader faces early criticism.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for the "complete decommissioning" of the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a step to help the prefecture recover from a devastating 2011 tsunami.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday dissolved the lower house of parliament to make way for new elections later this month that he hopes will "choose the future of Japan" in the era of COVID-19.

In his first policy speech as leader of Japan, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Friday to stay ahead of the COVID-19 crisis, lead a first-rate economy and counter threats in the region posed by China and North Korea.

Japan's Parliament on Monday elected former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as the new prime minister. But what wasn't expected, reports say, is that he'll dissolve the lower house and hold new elections late this month.

Fumio Kishida, Japan's former top diplomat, won a leadership vote by lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, all but ensuring he will be the country's next prime minister.

Later this week, Japan will emerge from a persistent state of COVID-19 emergency for the first time in six months, government officials in Tokyo said Tuesday.