New Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, attracted public attention this year ...

Pete Hegseth may make a second trip to Japan as defense secretary to meet with the country’s new defense minister.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a top contender to become the next premier, downplayed criticism on ...

Japan's new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Sunday that he may meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during U.S. President Donald Trump's three-day visit to Japan from Monday. "I will t ...

The key issue in the race to lead the battered ruling Liberal Democratic Party is shaping up to be how to retain and regain conservative voters who have abandoned the party.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi appointed Satsuki Katayama, a key supporter in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, ...

Former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister after winning the ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister in the nation’s constitutional history, was elected on the 21st, and the ...

During his press conference announcing his candidacy, Koizumi responded to a question about South Korea-Japan relations by ...

Tokyo — The Japanese public has largely applauded a headline-grabbing move by the country's environment minister this week: Shinjiro Koizumi, a photogenic 38-year-old politician sometimes touted as a ...

One evening at dinner with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who at the time was in his fourth year in office, he said to me ...