Even in the consensus-driven culture of the Japanese media, the national dailies’ lockstep front-page declaration on Sunday morning — PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA TO BE ELECTED TODAY — was an example of just ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, seen as a moderate conservative who could bring stability after political upsets, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an ...

Japan's newly confirmed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukada has quickly made it clear that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is facing a crisis of public trust unprecedented in more than a half century in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, who emerged on Friday as a new frontrunner to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as ruling party leader, and hence premier, is known for his pro-Asian ...

TOYAKO, Japan — Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth’s rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on ...