Koizumi, the second son of the former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, was elected to the Lower House for the first time in 2009. He entered the second administration of Shinzo Abe as environment ...

Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

The imperial family, like so many families, has its fair share of problems. But in this case, its very survival in its ...

With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some locals are worried about preserving their way of life – though others view ...

It’s a sad fact that the world’s most charming places become victims of that very charm. These must-see destinations are doomed to magnetise more tourists than they can manage, buckling under ...

It all started when former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi launched a 2003 drive to boost tourism numbers in the recession-prone nation. Despite its population of nearly 127 million ...

Then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama released a statement on the 50th anniversary in 1995, followed by Junichiro Koizumi on the 60th and Shinzo Abe on the 70th. Tetsuo Saito, leader of Komeito ...

Under the 2001-06 premiership of Junichiro Koizumi, the Yasukuni Shrine finally became a full-blown international issue. Although political visits had occurred before, Koizumi’s multiple trips ...

The primary balance has been regarded as the biggest fiscal reconstruction target since then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s administration set the goal in 2002 of achieving a surplus in the early ...