In the past, former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi was in charge of trade negotiations with the United States when he was the minister of economic revitalisation.

When speaking to colleagues recalling that project, Honda engineer Toshimitsu Yoshimura said: "When I look back at it, I'm not sure if we were experimenting with cutting-edge technologies or ...

Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor specializing in North Korea's leadership at Tokyo's Waseda University, is equally convinced that the regime in Pyongyang would not permit the men to return to ...

Shigeru Ishiba and Toshimitsu Motegi Perhaps more salient in the minds of the Japanese public, however, are the country's deepening economic woes. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, average ...

When Japan’s ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), votes on Friday for its next leader, it will effectively be choosing the country’s next Prime Minister. A slew of ...

Another candidate and ruling party official, Toshimitsu Motegi, said the government could pay for various spending by tapping the huge reserves set aside for currency intervention. While most of ...

Middle row from left, Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, Digital Minister Kono Taro, and LDP Secretary General Motegi Toshimitsu. Bottom row from left, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa ...

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has named the nine candidates who will run in a leadership race scheduled for September 27 to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose three ...

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi formally joined the upcoming contest for the leadership of the ruling party Wednesday, putting forward a grand design to tackle Japan ...

Following Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s withdrawal from the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election to be held on September 27, a crowded field of likely candidates has emerged to ...

Kamikawa is an English speaker. Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2023.Kyodo ...

LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi, who refused to dismantle his faction in the wake of the fundraising scandal, is also considered a potential contender. Digital Minister Taro Kono ...