Move appears to be compromise, bringing former foreign minister one step closer to his widely rumored bid to lead Japan.
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray pledged Monday that his country will bolster cooperation with Japan to achieve a Pacific Rim free trade pact without the United States, praising Tokyo's leadership in realizing the deal. During a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo, ...
Low-key Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emerges as a potential prospect to replace brash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next year.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested he will retain Fumio Kishida as foreign minister in the Cabinet reshuffle planned for early next month, sources in the government and ruling party said Friday. Kishida, viewed as the front-runner to succeed Abe as Liberal Democratic Party president ...
Boris Johnson, Britain's top diplomat, arrived in Japan on Thursday to discuss trade after Brexit with an economy that has played a vital role in propping up manufacturing back home. Johnson is in Tokyo to meet top officials, business leaders and investors as well as ...
Announced at gathering on sustainable development, the aid is to be implemented in areas of education, health, disaster risk reduction and gender equality.
"Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" and the U.N. are rhyming. Comedian Pikotaro has adapted his catchy song to promote the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The original went viral last year after pop star Justin Bieber tweeted that it was his favorite video. Pikotaro, in his trademark leopard-lizard patterned outfit, ...
Senior European Union and Japanese officials reached a free-trade agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for leaders to conclude the political accord Thursday, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said. "We've reached political agreement at ministerial level on an EU-Japan trade deal. We now recommend to ...
It remains unclear whether the EU will agree given its demand that tariffs on all categories of cheese be eliminated
Tokyo has asked Russia not to conduct marine surveys or resource exploration within Japan's exclusive economic zone without permission, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. On the morning of June 5, the Japan Coast Guard spotted a Russian vessel hanging what appeared to be a ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that the government will tighten cargo inspections to prevent the possibility of items being diverted to North Korea for military use. In a speech in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kishida said the government plans by the end of the month ...
Kochi Kai, a faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, marked its 60th anniversary in Hiroshima over the weekend with leader Fumio Kishida, the foreign minister, signaling his desire to become prime minister after Shinzo Abe. At the anniversary ceremony Sunday, the faction's members gathered ...
