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 agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” ...

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 ...

Oli Ahmed visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence on Sunday evening.

The walls separating government and opposition continue to thin as President William Ruto has roped n more ODM leader Raila ...

Next comes presidential elections in South Korea on June 3 and then later upper house elections in Japan on July 22. The ...