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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed reporters in his annual New Year press conference. His remarks focused on jobs and the economy. He also responded to questions on relations with …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his first policy speech to Japanese National Diet in Tokyo since being re-elected as prime minister.

Japanese Prime Minister Noda spoke to reporters at a New Years news conference. He focused on reconstruction and recovery efforts following the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear acc…

At his first press conference of the New Year, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told reporters that his top priorities for Japan are passing the national budget and rescuing the social secu…

Japanese Prime Minister spoke to reporters and answered questions in his first news conference as prime minister. He pledged to honor the U.S.-Japan agreement to keep a U.S. base on the isla…

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyamam at his first news conference of the year said his top priorities for the year are to prevent another recession and a balanced budget.

Prime Minister Hatoyama outlined his government program to parliament. In his speech, Mr. Hatoyama outlined his government’s agenda, addressing issues of government reform, climate change, a…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his first policy speech to an extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan’s national legislature.

On Tuesday, Mr. Okada kicked off his campaign at a rally in Tokyo. Katsuya Okada is the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition leader to Japanese Prime Minister Juni…

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi kicked off his 12-day campaign at a rally Tuesday in Tokyo. Koizumi, who is leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, dissolved the lower house of par…

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters that he would extend humanitarian troops in Iraq for another year. Currently, Japan has about 600 troops in Iraq; this is their first…

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presented his general policy outline to the National Diet. He addressed both domestic and international issues including social security, judiciary …

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyuh spoke to the Japanese Diet about relations between the two countries, economic ties between Japan and South Korea, and North Korean weapons programs.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talked about issues including relations with North and South Korea, the Japanese economy, and Iraq. He responded to questions from reporters.

In the 150th session of the Japanese Diet, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talked about economic reform, Iraq, and Japan’s role in fighting terrorism.

Prime Minister Koizumi spoke about events of the past year and talked about several policies in the year to come.

A special session of the Japanese Diet discussed terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi gave his first policy speech to Parliament addressing economic reform and improving relations with neighboring Asian countries.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi spoke to reporters about the Japanese economy, foreign relations policy, and restructuring Japanese financial systems. Translation into English was …

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori addressed the 150th Opening Session of the Japanese Diet. During his address, he talked about Japan as an information technology society, education issue…