President Bush assured Japan’s new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, on Friday that he would not ignore the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea as the United States negotiates with the regime in ...

Aides to Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have a small request for the Washington press corps on his first official visit to the U.S. this Thursday and Friday: Don’t mention the war — or more ...

TOKYO -- Sizing up Asia's trouble spots, President Bush said Tuesday that Japan's recession-ravaged economy "is on the path to reform" and urged the nation's legislature to help curb the spread of ...

KYOTO, Japan - President Bush arrived in Japan aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, with no public appearances scheduled until Wednesday morning local time - Tuesday evening in Washington. He was to tour ...

WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush stressed his commitment Tuesday to maintaining a close alliance with Japan and said he looked forward to his first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ...

TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- U.S. President George W. Bush appealed directly to the people who will make or break Japanese reforms, suggesting Tuesday that they draw on Japan's "proud history of moving forward .

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori heads to a summit with President Bush on Monday as an unwilling lame duck, dispatched by a public that would rather see him retire than return, and leaving an ...

To the unfamiliar, the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo would seem like a serenely inoffensive place. Ringed by long, broad paths and shaded by groves of cherry trees, the shrine sits in a park across ...

Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters. Bush, wearing a Yomiuri warmup jacket, took ...

President Bush arrived in Japan Tuesday and met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Bush's closest ally in the region. Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR White House correspondent David Greene about ...

American presidential visits used to be events of enormous significance for the Japanese. Crushed in war, Japan was dependent on the benevolence of its former enemy. The relationship was close and ...