Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced his cabinet Tuesday, retaining 11 of 17 ministers in his predecessor's administration.
CNN's Kyung Lah looks at the challenges ahead for Japan's fifth prime minister in four years.
Both the upper and lower houses of Japan's parliament elected Finance Minister Naoto Kan to be the nation's new prime minister Friday, following the resignation of Yukio Hatoyama from the post earlier this week.
Japan's parliament elects Naoto Kan to be the new prime minister. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Every international journalist covering Japan has been talking about the country's revolving door of prime ministers this week.
The lower house of Japan's parliament elected Finance Minister Naoto Kan to be the nation's new prime minister Friday, following the resignation of Yukio Hatoyama from the post earlier this week.
Japan's prime minister announces his resignation after just eight months in office. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan will meet Friday morning to select a new party chief, who will likely become the country's next prime minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced Wednesday he would resign after eight months in power.
The dollar gained against the yen and euro Wednesday following the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told parliamentary officials Wednesday he will resign. "I'm going to step down," Hatoyama announced in a live broadcast on Japanese TV NHK.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that Northeast Asia -- which includes the Korean Peninsula -- must push for peace and avoid violent clashes in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship, state news reported.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday that while his country will not defend whoever is responsible for the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, it is not ready to accept South Korea's investigations that blame North Korea for the incident, officials said.
When pictures of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's multi-colored button down shirt started spreading on the Internet, people around the world cringed.
Critics blast Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over his fashion choices. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama went back on a campaign promise and announced Sunday that a U.S. military base would remain in Okinawa.
Japan's prime minister is in a world of political hurt right now. The latest poll numbers by the country's largest daily newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, showed 24 percent of those polled approve of Yukio Hatoyama's performance, a nine-point drop from a month earlier, while 67 percent disapprove of him.
Japan's prime minister visited Okinawa and delivered an unpopular message Tuesday: it will be challenging to move a U.S. base off the island.
An ongoing feud with the United States over the future of an American military base in Okinawa may end up costing Japan's prime minister his job, a weekend poll shows.
A Japanese city elected a mayor Sunday who opposes plans to host an American base, complicating the nation's commitment to work with the United States.
Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii resigned late Wednesday despite a public plea by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to stay in the job.
U.S. President Barack Obama chose to make Japan the first stop in his first presidential visit to Asia -- a decision that Japan's new prime minister says signifies the importance Washington attaches to its alliance with Tokyo.
CNN's Kyung Lah outlines prominent issues facing U.S. President Barack Obama on his trip to Japan.
China hosted Japan and South Korea on Saturday for the second trilateral leaders' meeting, state-run media said.
World leaders converge Tuesday in New York to focus on climate change, with the clock ticking down toward a summit this year in Denmark, where a global climate change pact is to be signed.
Japan's parliament elected Yukio Hatoyama as the country's new prime minister on Wednesday in an historic shift of power.
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.
It's all but certain that Yukio Hatoyama will be elected Japan's next prime minister on Wednesday.
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.
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.
A new finance minister was appointed in Japan on Tuesday, immediately after his predecessor resigned following complaints of his erratic behavior.
Japan's finance ministers resigns, the latest in a string of troubles for its prime minister. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.
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