The contenders are Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, former Economic Security Ministers Takayuki Kobayashi and Sanae Takaichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, and former LDP ...

TOKYO: The leadership contest for Japan's ruling party kicked off on Monday (Sep 22), with five candidates vying to become ...

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is making his second bid for the presidency ...

Recent polls by Kyodo News also suggest that Shinjiro Koizumi and former Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi are frontrunners, ahead of other contenders including Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has opened official campaigning to replace its leader, outgoing Prime Minister ...

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Saturday he will run in the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party next ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced on Saturday that he will run in next month's leadership election for ...

TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday announced his intention to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s presidential ...

The average price of rice sold at supermarkets across Japan has risen to a level just shy of the record high reached in mid-May.

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This week, Japan has been in the midst of a 10-day celebration culminating with the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, marking the end of the Heisei era, and the beginning of the ...