The government plans to revise its fiscal consolidation target from fiscal 2025 to sometime between fiscal 2025 and 2026, a source fa ...

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Wakayama prefectural police presented a certificate of ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday sacked farm minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark that sparked ...

Eto's controversial comments came when his ministry decided to release rice from emergency stockpiles to help curb prices that have roughly doubled from a year earlier due to a poor harvest, and the ...

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Japan's agriculture minister quits after his comments anger the public as the country grapples with shortages and rising ...

Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Farm Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after facing a backlash over a remark that struck a nerve ...