A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his murder intent Tuesday as his trial opened at a court in western Japan ...

WAKAYAMA--A 54-year-old fisherman who is being hailed as a hero told reporters that he tackled a man suspected of throwing an explosive device at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida out of "desperation." ...

Fumio Kishida was elected as Japan’s newest prime minister by both the Lower and Upper houses of the Diet on Oct. 4. He is the 35th prime minister in the postwar period. At around 1:25 p.m ...

A 25-year-old man accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April 2023 denied Tuesday any intent to kill him. Ryuji Kimura ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is the only leader of Group of Seven nations who has not visited the capital of Ukraine since Russia’s invasion started a year ago. And despite the desires of both ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gifted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a wooden “hissho shamoji” rice scoop believed to bring victory and an origami-crane-shaped lamp representing peace ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Lotte ... Albanese and ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a press conference in Bangkok on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, on Nov. 19. (AP Photo) ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is calling for a tax hike of 1 trillion yen ($7.4 billion) by fiscal 2027 to pay for Japan’s massive defense buildup. Now comes the hard part for the government ...

TOKYO (AP) — A man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event denied that he intended to kill the politician as his trial began ...

A man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event denied that he intended to kill the politician as his trial began Tuesday at a court in ...

FILE - A suspect, center on the ground, is caught by police after he allegedly threw "the suspicious object," as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Saikazaki port for an election ...