Japan to evacuate nationals from virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan
Tokyo is making arrangements with Beijing to evacuate Japanese nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus that has infected some 2,000 people globally.
Leading officials from opposition parties on Sunday urged the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to disclose information related to a state-funded cherry blossom-viewing party at the center of cronyism allegations involving his administration. "Prime Minister Abe and the ruling bloc are totally to blame ...
Shinjiro Koizumi backs different surnames for Japanese couples
In a major break with Japanese tradition, Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi expresses support for enabling married couples to use different family names.
Heat on Kawais as wife admits huge cash injection from Japan ruling party HQ
The alleged ¥150 million payment from the LDP is considered unusually high, especially for an election in a nonswing district.
Komeito, the 20-year-old security watchdog
Komeito wields influence in major security policy decisions, especially the one that has most Japan-watchers intrigued: constitutional amendment.
Quotas for Abe and others led to bumper guest lists for blossom parties, papers show
The number of guests at state-funded cherry blossom-viewing parties ballooned due to special quotas allocated to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other politicians, according to newly discovered Cabinet Office materials. The materials, submitted to the ruling and opposition camps Tuesday, include lists of guests invited ...
Japan to delay policy for selecting casino resort host cities amid bribery scandal
The government had originally planned to set by this month a basic policy to determine guidelines for selecting cities, but officials are now looking to postpone that process.
Japanese lawmaker Anri Kawai's aide admits knowing payments to campaign staff were illegal
A secretary to Upper House lawmaker Anri Kawai, the wife of a former justice minister, has admitted knowing that payments made to campaign staff during last year’s Upper House election were illegal.
Multiple scandals putting Abe on defensive as Diet session gets underway
With opposition parties focusing on a spate of scandals, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have to go on the defensive in the upcoming Diet session.
Ex-minister Kawai and wife say they won't quit Diet as Hiroshima offices raided
Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai are suspected of having paid 13 female campaign announcers a daily allowance of ¥30,000, double the amount permitted by law.
The lawmaker who spearheaded the country's casino resort policy was indicted Tuesday on a bribery charge and served with a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly receiving more money from a Chinese gambling operator than what was already suspected. Tsukasa Akimoto, a former member of Prime ...
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso again courts controversy with remarks about Japan's ethnic identity
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso apologized Tuesday for saying Japan has been unified under a single language and ethnic identity for the past 2,000 years, a comment viewed as ignoring the country's ethnic minorities including the indigenous Ainu. "If I made a remark that has ...
