Defense Minister Taro Kono went beyond the government’s official stance by describing China as a “national security threat” to Japan. “When I was foreign minister, I was very careful not ...

Taro Kono is attracting attention not only because ... I'll do my utmost as a cabinet member to carry it out." South Korean and Chinese media are focusing on the fact the new foreign minister ...

Taro Kono, the state minister in charge of administrative reform, meets reporters Sept. 10 to announce his intention to run in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. (Koichi Ueda) ...

Taro Kono, the digital transformation minister, on Aug. 26 announced his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race in September, promising to tackle the “urgent” task of ...

Japanese defense minister and former foreign minister Taro Kono gives his take on the mission ... "We had reduced defense spending for nearly 20 years. China has increased defense spending ...

Defense Minister Taro Kono has halted deployment plans for the ... Even with that enormous expenditure, defense experts pointed out that both China and North Korea were developing ballistic ...

Taro Kono announced on Oct. 2 that the “hanko” stamp seal requirement will be removed from much of the country’s administrative procedures, following the results of a recent survey by his ...

When Taro Kono, Japan’s leading contender to be prime minister, was a senior in high school, he asked his father to send him overseas for university, but was flatly refused. Instead, the elder ...

Taro Kono’s strategy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race is simple—win an outright majority of votes in the first round to prevent grudges and alliances among lawmakers from ...

Taro Kono, a prime ministerial contender, said. Kono, who oversees Japan’s digital transformation and has been both foreign and defense minister, made the comment amid uncertainty over November ...