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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech after Shigeru Ishiba, left, was elected as new head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during the party's leadership election ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a new fiscal stimulus program in response to a fall in his cabinet’s approval rating. The approval rating, which peaked at 59 percent in ...

TOKYO, October 1. /TASS/. The Japanese government led by Fumio Kishida has resigned ahead of the formation of a new cabinet by the next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Aug. 14 announced he will not seek re-election in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race in September, citing fallout from the funding scandal in the ...

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 ...

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 ...