FUMIO KISHIDA

China says it is cutting off dialogue with the U.S. on a range of vital issues from climate change to military relations and anti-narcotics efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.

The U.S. ambassador in Tokyo says his government is working with Japan and other likeminded countries to counter Chinese attempts to use its economic might to force political change around the world.

A Russian official twice repeated President Vladimir Putin’s new message that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”.

The United Nations chief is warning that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”.

A major U.N. meeting on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is about to begin after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Japan has executed a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a Tokyo shopping district in 2008.

Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper issued Friday, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. The annual defense white paper, approved by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on Friday, highlights the need for Japan’s military buildup to address security concerns and seeks to gain public support for a stronger military and increased budget, which Kishida’s governing party aims to double in coming years.

Japan’s Cabinet has formally decided to hold a state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September.

Current leader says he's urged police "to carry out a thorough inspection and fix what needs to be fixed" after brazen murder of former premiere at campaign event.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving an outdoor campaign speech.

Japanese have bid their final goodbye to assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his funeral was held at a temple.

Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history.

Tokyo residents lined up to pay respects and leave flowers at the Liberal Democratic Party's office and at the Zojo-ji Temple.

Abe, the longest-serving political leader in Japan's history, was fatally shot while delivering a campaign speech on Friday.

Reba McEntire reveals to USA TODAY's Ralphie Aversa that she's touring arenas this fall. McEntire also looks ahead to her role on ABC's "Big Sky."

Days after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination, his party vowed to use its victory in a parliamentary election to achieve his unfinished goals.

Asian shares are mostly lower after a slump on Wall Street erased recent gains.

Leading a wounded nation, the prime minister needs to flesh out his own vision for security and economic policy.

An upper house election victory may bolster the premier’s ability to make hard calls. He should start with Japan’s military.

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

The victory is possibly propelled by what is seen as a wave of sympathy votes in a country still reeling from the shock of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination.

Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner have scored a major victory in parliamentary elections imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Police are still investigating the gunman who killed Shinzo Abe. The assassination shocked Japan, which will hold a major election on Sunday.

Under the "Abenomics" policy, the former prime minister introduced stimulus measures and major reforms.

Shinzo Abe, an arch-conservative and a highly divisive figure, was pronounced dead after he was airlifted to a hospital.

Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an arch-conservative and one of his nation's most divisive figures, was shot and critically wounded during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan. Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of an attack that shocked many in Japan, which is one of the world’s safest nations and has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe was in “grave condition” and he hoped Abe would survive.

Asian stock markets are higher after the Federal Reserve said more U.S. interest rate hikes might be needed to cool inflation.

The world’s biggest pension fund might invest in the next unicorns and decacorns. That’s a good beginning — but the country’s fledgling scene needs more.

A weekend outage at Japan’s No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. was still preventing many of its customers from making calls Monday.

North Korea has slammed the U.S., South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce its military capability.

Japan’s stake in a big Russian energy project known as Sakhalin-2 is in limbo after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to transfer the rights to a new Russian company. Resource-poor Japan depends on Russia for its natural gas needs, which is why Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been reluctant to make a complete break with Moscow. While Japan is working frantically to secure alternative supplies, a global energy crunch means that it will be challenging for the island nation to quit Russian

NATO has for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade, warning about its growing military ambitions, confrontational rhetoric toward Taiwan, and increasingly close ties to Russia.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is enhancing its military presence in Europe for the long haul to bolster regional security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden is opening his three-day visit to a NATO summit by pledging to beef up the American military presence in Europe.

The annual event is taking place in Germany

Asian shares are mostly higher after a wobbly day on Wall Street as markets cooled off following a rare winning week.

Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies have struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western democracies.

Leaders of the world's biggest developed economies are looking for ways to cut off Russian President Vladimir Putin's oil money, which is helping finance the war against Ukraine.

In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has underscored the urgency of helping his country’s military improve its position against Russia during a video meeting with leading economic powers.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has hemmed and hawed about a capital gains levy as a way to boost income. He ought to follow his South Korean counterpart and just get on with it.

At the 2021 G7 Summit, President Biden and G7 leaders announced their intent to develop a values-driven, high-impact, and transparent infrastructure partnership to meet the enormous infrastructure needs of low- and middle-income countries and support the United States’ and its allies’ economic and national security interests. Over the past year, members of the Administration have traveled to hear directly from countries on how we can meet their infrastructure needs, deepened our coordination across the U.S Government and with the G7, honed our infrastructure investment tools, and closed game-changing deals.   At the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Schloss Elmau, Leaders will formally launch the Partnership for Global Infrastructure (PGII) to mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars and deliver quality, sustainable infrastructure that makes a difference in people’s lives around the world, strengthens and diversifies our supply chains, creates new opportunities for American workers and businesses, and advances our national security.

President Joe Biden and Western allies at a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps say they're intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression.

Okinawa marked the 77th anniversary Thursday of the end of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, with the governor calling for a further reduction of the U.S. military presence there as local fears grow that the southern Japanese islands will become embroiled in regional military tension. The Battle of Okinawa killed about 200,000 people, nearly half of them Okinawan residents. Japan's wartime military, in an attempt to delay a U.S. landing on the main islands, essentially sacrificed the local population.

Under Article 9 of the Japanese constitution, Japan's Self Defense Forces are not allowed to wage war except in defense of the country.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, despite an underwhelming start eight months ago, is enjoying surprising popularity by playing it safe as the public's worries about the coronavirus and global conflicts ease.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a wake-up call, even for Japan’s hawks. Now strong talk needs to be matched with action — at home and abroad.

It’s easy to be frustrated with Japan’s slow reopening, but the country needs to learn to let down its guard first.

It’s easy to be frustrated with Japan’s slow reopening, but the country needs to learn to let down its guard first.

In a meeting between China and the U.S. on Friday, Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe warned that the country would go to war with Taiwan if the island declared independence. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the event’s keynote speech. In a separate face-to-face meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Wei made it clear that China remained firm in its stance against Taiwanese independence.

It was the latest indication that the temperature of the U.S.-China conflict has been dialed down a few notches, even as Beijing and Washington remain strategic rivals with opposing interests across a range of issues.

Bombed-out and poverty-stricken after World War II, Japan disbanded its military and renounced war, devoting its efforts instead to economic development under a pacifist constitution. More than seven decades later, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spooked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida into pledging a substantial increase in defense spending, which has long been only about half the target set for its Western counterparts.

Japan’s central bank governor was heartened that the public appears to be adjusting to inflation. The feeling isn’t mutual.

The government says Japan's economy contracted in the first quarter though at a slower rate than expected.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has finally given the broad strokes of his signature economic growth program. It’s not Abe’s “Three Arrows.”

Amid the fanfare of President Biden's new Indo-Pacific strategy, China flew under the radar and hosted a high-level discussion on RCEP, the world's largest trade pact.

A record 13 women, including the first female Muslim, have been sworn in as ministers in Australia’s new government.

After walking out of a China-centric free trade pact, India is embracing the chance to become a founding member of another grouping — this one led by the U.S.

A North Korean army medic hands out medication to counter 'fever' -- a term Pyongyang often uses to refer to Covid -- and related sickness. The medic, Jong Jun Ho says the number of people receiving treatment for 'fever' has gone down in recent times. North Korea says its Covid-19 outbreak has been brought under control, but experts question the official numbers given the isolated country has one of the world's worst healthcare systems and likely no Covid-19 drugs or mass testing ability.

Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and closed higher for the week, breaking a seven-week losing streak, the longest such stretch since 2001.

Japan is debating when and how to take off masks. The country should proceed cautiously.

Japan is debating when and how to take off masks. The country should proceed cautiously.

Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight pandemic travel restrictions about two years ago, but only for package tours for now.

Australia’s new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the previous administration.

A Japanese astronaut will visit NASA's planned Gateway space station, and perhaps the moon's surface, as part of a larger interagency agreement.

Joe Biden spent his first presidential trip to Asia strengthening economic and military commitments.

President Joe Biden insisted on Tuesday that the U.S. has made no change to its strategic policy on Taiwan.

New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walked into a global spotlight the day after his swearing-in.

The Quad countries and others in Asia made clear that while maritime defense is important, real security has to heed Asian countries' economic needs.

Leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of what's known as the Quad.

President Joe Biden has warned fellow leaders of the informal Indo-Pacific security coalition known as the Quad that they are “navigating through a dark hour in our shared history.”.

President Biden said on Monday that the high gas prices many Americans are feeling is part of an "incredible transition” away from fossil fuels.

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States has a “commitment” to help Taiwan militarily if China invades.

His administration says the deal will help the U.S. and Asian economies work closely on issues including the supply chain, clean energy and more.

His administration says the deal will help the U.S. and Asian economies work closely on issues including the supply chain, clean energy and more.

The trade deal is designed to signal U.S. dedication to the contested economic sphere and address the need for stability amid the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine​.

No non-American has ever touched down on the lunar surface, and Japan has previously said it hopes to achieve a Moon landing by the end of this decade.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday said he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, prompting sharp criticism from China.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan.

The president's statement represents a potential shift in policy that would be certain to rattle the mainland Chinese government.

At a Tokyo news conference, he also said he doesn't think a recession is inevitable in the U.S. and there's no need for strict anti-monkeypox quarantine measures.

Australia’s new prime minister was sworn into office before flying to Tokyo for a summit with President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden has launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their economies as he warns Americans worried about high inflation that it is “going to be a haul” before they feel relief.

A central theme for the trip is to tighten U.S. alliances in the Pacific to counter China’s influence in the region.

A central theme for the trip is to tighten U.S. alliances in the Pacific to counter China’s influence in the region.

Pressure from the US president can give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cover to increase military spending to counter China.

President Joe Biden is expected to come out with a list of countries that will join an Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won’t be among them.

Australians awoke to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation’s top job from being raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension was said to reflect the country's changed fabric.

President Joe Biden tended to both business and security interests as he wrapped up a three-day visit to South Korea on Sunday.

Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is a politician molded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia.

Australia’s center-left opposition party has toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power.

President Joe Biden hopes to use his visit to Asia to confirm his belief that long-standing friendships can afford to become even friendlier — and pay dividends.

Rising inflation and the weak yen are seen as a crisis, but in fact provide a rare opportunity for real change in wage growth.

Amid severe weather in southeastern South Dakota Thursday, a large dust cloud moved over Sioux Falls.

Japan’s capital has announced it will start recognizing same-sex partnerships to ease the burdens faced by residents in their daily lives, but the unions will not be considered legal marriages

Japan is preparing to reopen. But not everyone is happy about it, including some local tourists, who have enjoyed exploring a quieter version of their country.

How can Japan’s prime minister attract investors to a country that the world’s richest man says will one day ‘cease to exist’?