NV sat down for an exclusive conversation with Japan’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Masashi Nakagome, who shared what has most impressed him about the country since taking up his post in Kyiv last year.

BERLIN—Japan again ranked 118th out of 148 countries in terms of gender equality—the lowest among Group of Seven ...

When the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was launched in October, the skies were turbulent, as it boosted the lowest initial approval rating for a new Cabinet in the past two decades.

The Kishida cabinet had been under a dark cloud since the previous December, when allegations surfaced that several LDP factions had been funneling undeclared income from fundraising parties into ...

Kishida took office in 2021 but is leaving so his party can ... Ishiba has managed to find TWO women for his cabinet. I'm really impressed. Pro-Taiwan and pro-NATO Ishiba as prime minister. Just a ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that Kishida and his ...

Tokyo [Japan], October 1 (ANI): Japananes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's tenure came to an end on Tuesday when he resigned collectively with his cabinet, paving the way for Shigeru Ishiba to take ...

TOKYO -- Support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stood at 23% in a weekend poll conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun, up 2 percentage points from the 21% recorded during the previous ...

Both the indices – the basic Cabinet approval rating and the Aoki Law – suggest that Kishida has entered the danger zone and his political survival is at stake. For example, an opinion poll ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) TOKYO -- The approval rating of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet edged up by 4 percentage points to 21% in a weekend Mainichi Shimbun opinion poll, yet remained ...

Public support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet stood at 15.5% in July, marking a new low since the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in December 2012, a Jiji Press opinion poll ...