Finance Minister Taro Aso is taking criticism for controversially attributing Japan’s relatively lower COVID-19 mortality rate to "the superiority of its people." “I often got phone calls from ...

WASHINGTON--Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, will meet Donald Trump on Tuesday, a Trump campaign official said, as the U.S. ally continues to ...

Said to be founded 2,300 years ago in 282 BCE, Aso Jinja is one of Japan’s most prestigious shrines.

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year with the coldness of win･･･ ...

Taro Aso was born into a wealthy family with strong political connections. His grandfather, Shigeru Yoshida, was Prime Minister of Japan on two occasions between 1946 and 1954, his father was head of ...

Takeji Aso was the son of a director of the Bank of Japan and studied at the Waseda University. Initially he competed in long-distance runs, such as the Hakone Ekiden relay. Later, he went to Berlin ...

Changing perceptions on a visit to JapanThe great joy of travel is that sense of discovery when it becomes clear that previously held perceptions were wrong. Avoiding blame for ICs errorsIf an ...

On Tuesday, Japanese finance minister Taro Aso announced that Japanese banknotes will be getting a redesign. The new notes are expected to enter circulation around 2024, the first change since 2004.

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