Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Nov. 5 officially announced he will retire from politics and praised himself for his long career that has received mixed reviews from critics. Kan, a 77-year-old ...

PM Naoto Kan made a hair-raising analysis of the Japanese economy Japan is at “risk of collapse” under its huge debt mountain, the country's new prime minister has said. Naoto Kan, in his ...

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan talked about his actions during the March 11, 2011 disaster and ideas for changes to the country's nuclear ...

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The long-anticipated G20 summit has arrived in Toronto and has not been an unblemished joy for the people who live here. Between... For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper ...

Close to 5,000 are still lost in the rubble or the sea. After the destruction triggered a radioactive leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Naoto Kan immediately declared a ...