Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abe gave an exclusive interview to Deux Moi blogger, on the podcast DeuxU. When asked to react to the casting call, the ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was widely expected to call a snap election Monday, hoping to capitalise on rising support as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever pitch. Voters in the ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set later Tuesday to call a snap election and seek voters’ endorsement for more economic reforms after Japan slipped into recession. Less than two years after he swept to ...