TOKYO -- Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he intends to step down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was "gut wrenching" to leave ...

Japan’s Mutual Defense Treaty with the U.S. requires the East Asian country to defend U.S. troops on its soil, but its postwar constitution limits its use of force overseas. In 2015, the government of ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's meeting Tuesday in Tokyo with U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major test for the new leader.

More than a decade since Abenomics was launched, a reform agenda in Japan is bearing fruit. · While there hasn’t been a ...

The trial of the accused killer of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is underway. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, appeared in court as U.S.

Japan's parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, and she ...