Some officials in Tokyo had acknowledged that it would be difficult to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Xi in India. However, others had hoped that the top leaders could ...

Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in November to resolve the treated water dispute through “consultation and dialogue.” Experts from the two countries have been continuing ...

Ishiba’s predecessor, Fumio Kishida, reaffirmed the policy during his meeting with Xi in San Francisco in November last year. Ishiba, who also confirmed the policy when he met with Chinese ...

Although Kishida met with Chinese President Xi Jinping last November on the sidelines of an international conference, and then had a summit with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in May, there have been no ...

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 ...

“President Xi Jinping (has tasked ... the agreement made in Washington on April 10 between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden for increased coordination in command ...

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 Fumio Kishida has appointed Yoko Kamikawa as foreign minister, one of five female members of his new Cabinet that was formed on Sept. 13. The increase from two female ministers to ...

In contrast, Japan has had no high-level meetings involving top Cabinet members with China since Kishida met with Xi in November and confirmed a “mutually beneficial relationship based on common ...