Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he 'never ...

Japan's agriculture minister quits after his comments anger the public as the country grapples with shortages and rising ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to Prime Minister Shigeru ...

The prime minister’s ratings have plunged ahead of two major elections as he battles party members’ political gaffes and ...

Taku Eto, who resigned as agriculture minister on May 21, made comments that were seriously out of touch with the sentiment ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

The opposition parties are stepping up their criticisms against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his abrupt reversal ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has decided to appoint Koizumi Shinjiro, the former chairperson of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Election Strategy Committee, to succeed Eto Taku as ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on May 20 apologized to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki for the derogatory comments uttered by a ...

LDP lawmaker Shoji Nishida called descriptions on a monument commemorating the Himeyuri corps of female students who died in ...