Lawmakers shout “banzai” (cheers) after the dissolution of the lower house was announced at the Parliament in Tokyo on October 14, 2021. © Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the
Japan’s next leader Fumio Kishida is a soft-spoken former foreign minister from a Hiroshima family of politicians, with a reputation of seeking the middle ground and a fondness for baseball. The 64-year-old won the ruling party’s leadership vote on Wednesday,
Taro Kono, the minister in charge of Japan’s vaccine push, currently leads popular opinion polls among candidates that could become the country’s next leader. Still, the minister himself has yet to officially confirm his intention to seek the leadership of
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after he annouced to pull out of a party leadership race at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2021. Kyodo/via REUTERS September 3, 20213:06 PM CST By Antoni Slodkowski and Tetsushi Kajimoto
Japanese lunar exploration start-up ispace unveiled the next-generation of its cargo lander, under development by its U.S. subsidiary in Colorado. Known as the Series 2, the new lander is larger than the ones that ispace is building for its first
TOKYO, August 3. /TASS/. A member of Japan’s parliament, Muneo Suzuki, who has dealt with matters of dialog between Tokyo and Moscow for many years, suggested that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines
Olympics organizers will ban spectators from the games in Tokyo, after Japan declared a state of emergency amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country. The decision presents a new challenge for the games, which were already delayed a year due
Japan’s government said Thursday it plans a new virus state of emergency stretching throughout the Olympics, as reports said organisers could bar fans from almost all events at the Games. With just two weeks until the July 23 opening ceremony, coronavirus infections
TOKYO, June 15. /TASS/. Four Japanese opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, initiated a vote of no confidence against the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Kyodo reported Tuesday. The opposition blamed the cabinet for the failure of the
The baseball-sized robot will launch with ispace in 2022 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch a baseball-sized transforming rover to the moon in 2022 with the company ispace (Image credit: JAXA) Japan plans to deploy a baseball-sized rover to explore