Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Farming communities, a key base for the Liberal Democratic Party, are increasingly voicing their distress at how the rice ...

Shinjiro Koizumi’s reformist drive is testing the loyalty of Japan's rural population — the LDP’s most dependable voter bloc.

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Nintendo has finally confirmed the development team behind Donkey Kong Bananza — and as many fans had suspected, the upcoming ...

Japan is expected to produce 7.35 million tons of rice this year, marking a record increase of 560,000 tons from the harvest last year, the farm minister said Tuesday, amid persistent demand for ...

In the race to become Japan's next leader, young contender Shinjiro Koizumi has positioned himself as a change candidate, but his veteran rivals Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi are the ones ...

One of Nintendo's most prolific creators, Koizumi has worked on every major Mario 3D platformer the company has made, acting as assistant director on Super Mario 64, director of Super Mario Sunshine ...

Japanese former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce his candidacy for the ruling party leadership race at a press conference on Aug. 30, broadcaster TBS reported on Friday.

Motokura recounts meeting with Shigeru Miyamoto who spoke of DK's "unique actions" like the hand slap, and Koizumi, who directed Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, felt that Donkey Kong's "longer, stronger arms ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to appoint former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi to serve as the next agriculture minister, a government source said Wednesday. The selection of ...