Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister Taro Aso resigned early Wednesday, setting the stage for Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama to take over the reins of government.
Now comes the hard part. Handed a sweeping mandate for change, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) begins the formidable task of delivering on a laundry list of promises intended to lift the country after its worst recession since World War II.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso announced his resignation as head of the party that has governed Japan for decades following its apparent landslide defeat in elections Sunday.
Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party.
North Korea on Thursday launched a scathing personal attack on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, raising comparisons with previous colorful comments about the West by the communist regime.
Japan dissolved its lower house of parliament Tuesday ahead of general elections in August.
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will dissolve the lower house of parliament this month and call for general elections in August, the government said Monday.
Japan's embattled Prime Minister, Taro Aso, will call a general election for 30 August, after his party lost a key vote in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso announced a historic $150 billion stimulus package Friday aimed to turn around the recession in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan is expected to extend economic sanctions against North Korea at a cabinet meeting later this week, a spokesman for Prime Minister Taro Aso said Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday making him the first head of state to be hosted by the new administration.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso visits with President Barack Obama at the White House.
Tokyo announces a $51 billion economic stimulus package as bankruptcy rates soar
Japan's markets take a beating as its big banks see their working capital threatened by the market meltdowns
Nariaki Nakayama, Japan's transport minister, resigned Sunday after a string of gaffes.
Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has announced his resignation. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Taro Aso, an outspoken politician and a former foreign minister, became Japan's new prime minister Wednesday after the powerful lower house of parliament overruled the upper house's choice for a leader.
Just one day into his leadership, Japan's new prime minister could be looking at the shortest run as prime minister in Japan's postwar history
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has formally resigned, making way for Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling party, to fill the post.
The Liberal Democratic Party gave itself a personality injection by electing a Roman Catholic, "manga"-loving conservative with a wry smile and a sharp tongue, as its new president
Taro Aso, an outspoken politician and a former foreign minister, was chosen Monday as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda says he will leave office, setting up a showdown with a rival party that he hopes will resurrect the Liberal Democrats' power
Yasuo Fukuda is elected head of Japan's ruling party, but can he address the issues Japan cares about?
After the Abe implosion, the gray-headed factions seemed destined to recover their hold on power
It was a heyday for comic books on the Tokyo stock market.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he will resign, ending a troubled year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, 51, is the front-runner to succeed Junichiro Koizumi as the next president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, a post which will carry with it the prime ministership of Japan.
Japan's Foreign Minister on Tuesday described as "beyond comprehension" China's offer to hold summit talks if Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi halts visits to a controversial war shrine, a news report said.
Following is the full text of the joint statement issued by Australia, Japan and the United States following a trilateral "strategic dialogue" in Sydney on Saturday.
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