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Despite indoctrination in militaristic education during World War II, Yasuo Fukuda would go on to value the importance of diplomacy when he served as chief Cabinet secretary and then prime minister.

Tokyo -- Yasuo Fukuda, who has promised to bring stability and moderation to Japan's tumultuous political scene, was elected prime minister by the lower house of parliament Tuesday. Former Chief ...

BACK in September, Shinzo Abe, who was then Japan's prime minister, flew along what his people called an Asia-spanning “arc of freedom and prosperity”. This arc, they said, anchored in (free, ...

Diplomatic visits by heads of state are mostly symbolic affairs, concerned less with ironing out differences than with paying respects in a formal, stylized setting. In that sense, China President Hu ...

World champion boxer Naoya Inoue’s body blows land so quickly that his opponent might crumple to the canvas before the crowd even knows what hit him. But the shots of another Japanese at ringside are ...

TOKYO, September 3, 2008 - The political mood on the streets here was disheartening as Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation at a hastily arranged press conference Monday night in ...

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will revamp his cabinet on Friday in a bid to boost the low popularity ratings that threaten his hold on power, Japanese media reported. But a reshuffle ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has chosen moderate lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda as its new leader and likely successor to Shinzo Abe as PM. Mr Fukuda, 71, who wants closer ties with Asian neighbours ...