On This Day: Tribunal sentences Japanese ex-PM Hideki Tojo to death
On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...
Japan's political lynchpin Tamaki aims to unleash Yellen-inspired economic boom
Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...
Japanese leader holds on to power but faces a tricky time with Trump
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whom lawmakers voted to keep in office Monday despite his party’s dismal recent election showing, has vowed to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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5 Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II
Japan faced insurmountable odds in WWII against the U.S. due to America's industrial and military supremacy. However, Japan ...
Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away
Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change ...
How World Leaders Are Reacting to Trump Winning the U.S. Presidential Election
See below for how world leaders have reacted to the news that the “America First”-espousing former U.S. President is ...
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Trump claims Kim Jong Un ‘misses’ him. But he faces a very different North Korean leader this time around
The second Trump administration will face an emboldened and arguably more dangerous North Korean leader at a moment of acute ...
Leader of the free world has never been a role Trump has embraced. The world has gotten the message
Based on Donald Trump’s first term and his campaign statements, the United States will become less predictable, more chaotic, ...
Global leaders congratulate Trump but his victory looks set to roil the world — again
Trump's return to the White House has huge consequences for everything from global trade to climate change to multiple crises ...
Trump takes calls from growing list of world leaders following election victory
Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the first world leaders to speak by phone with President-elect Donald Trump.
Shigeru Ishiba re-elected as Japan's prime minister in minority government
The Japanese parliament on Monday re-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a rare runoff vote after the ruling LDP lost its majority in the lower legislative ...