His father, Nobuo Kishi, 63, a former defense minister, resigned from the seat, as well as his job as a close aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Feb. 3, citing illness. Four days later ...

The chair then congratulated Kishi and accidentally called him by his father’s name: “Nobuo Kishi wins the Lower House seat!” The slip of the tongue symbolized an issue that both helped and ...

SINGAPORE--Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said he relayed his “grave concern” to his Chinese counterpart about recent joint military exercises where Chinese and Russian bombers flew around the ...

Votes will be cast and counted on April 23. In the No. 2 district, Nobuchiyo Kishi is running for the seat that his father, Nobuo Kishi, 64, a former defense minister, has held for years.

Nobuchiyo Kishi, 31, the son of Nobuo Kishi, a former defense minister whose resignation for health reasons prompted the by-election, is ahead of Hideo Hiraoka, 69, a justice minister under the ...

Nobuo Kishi, Lloyd Austin and Lee Jong-sup met June 11 on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major annual security forum held here, to discuss the provocation from North Korea and other ...

During the wide-ranging talks, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin also condemned Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, calling it totally unacceptable as it ...

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said North Korea’s latest missile launch poses a “serious threat” not just to Japan but to its allies as well. “Compared to past missile launches, this missile ...

But on Feb. 3, Yaita met with Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo and submitted a request regarding Mageshima that all but admitted defeat. It called for creating a forum between the municipal ...

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced the decision at an April 19 news conference, where he said the two governments are still in talks over how many will be offered. Once the Japanese government ...

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at the beginning of his meeting with NATO Military Committee chief Rob Bauer that Japan hopes to strengthen its ties with European countries and welcomes ...

Chinese and Russian bombers jointly flew for an extended distance near Japanese waters on May 24, when the Quad summit was being held in Tokyo, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said. He said the ...