Japanese Prime Minister

Trump, Japan Takaichi sign deal to secure rare earths supply

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump has met Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and critical minerals.

Japan parliament elects Takaichi as nation’s first female PM

TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday.

Entire Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba’s cabinet resigns

TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet resigned to facilitate the election of a new leader

Japan ruling party picks new leader

TEHRAN, Oct. 4 (MNA) – Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Japan could elect its first female or youngest modern leader

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (MNA) – Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in modern era after a vote on October 4 to pick the head of nation’s ruling party.

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to resign: reports

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to resign to avoid a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday.

Japanese PM Ishiba to resign after ruling party’s defeat

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign in the wake of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s electoral defeat, with formal announcement expected until the end of August, the Mainichi newspaper reported.

Shigeru Ishiba elected Japan's new premier

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday elected Shigeru Ishiba as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Fumio Kishida.

Japanese government resigns

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – The Japanese government led by Fumio Kishida has resigned.

Japanese premier Kishida to step down in September

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next month’s party polls.

PM Kishida hopes to further develop Japan-Iran relations

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida has made a phone call to the Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to stress his country's hope to develop bilateral relations with Iran.

Raeisi:

People support for Palestine can be seen after referendums

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian president has proposed countries including Japan hold referendums to find out how much their people support the rights of the Palestinian people.

Japan PM evacuated unhurt after explosion at speech venue

TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unhurt after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at an outdoor speech in western Japan on Saturday, domestic media reported.

Raeisi:

US must give guarantee for not repeating "bitter experiences"

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Referring to US' negative record in breaking promises, President Raeisi said that Iran must get a guarantee from the American side, in the JCPOA revival talks, in order to prevent a repetition of bitter experiences.