Nobuo Kishi, Abe's younger brother, seeks to carve out new role as Japan's defense chief
Past statements suggest the 61-year-old is aligned with his brother ideologically, having spent his career championing hawkish attitudes in defense and diplomacy.
How one man’s efforts saved Japan's postwar democracy and the SDF
Defense Agency Director-General Munenori Akagi opposed using the Self-Defense Forces to put down civil disturbances.
The wisdom of Tanzan Ishibashi
Japan might be a very different country today if Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibahi hadn't handed the reins of power over to Nobusuke Kishi after just 65 days in office.
Under Abe, are we heading toward a beautiful Japan or an ugly future?
Where is the beauty in downplaying the "comfort women" issue, muzzling the media, promoting patriotic education, rolling back transparency and restarting nuclear reactors?
Hawaii paper says two more Japanese leaders visited Pearl Harbor in the 1950s
Reports from a local Hawaiian newspaper show two more prime ministers visited Pearl Harbor in the 1950s, providing further evidence Shinzo Abe will not be the first.
Going nuclear: How close has Japan come?
We examine the historical debate on the country's nuclear ambitions
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi pressed U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a summit in 1957 to consider setting a deadline for returning Okinawa, saying the Japanese public might otherwise become nervous about U.S. intentions, according to diplomatic records declassified Wednesday. The talks, 15 years before ...
Japan and Korea: Reconciliation and redress for wrongs remain elusive
On the eve of the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo, Seoul's abrupt import ban on all fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other Japanese prefectures was clearly a response to public concerns about radiation spewing into the ...
Japan discussed acquisition of 'defensive' nuclear weapons in 1958
Foreign Ministry officials in 1958 debated the acquisition of “defensive” nuclear weapons and reported their interest to the U.S., newly declassified documents show.
