A politician who was once convicted in a bribery scandal and was appointed to the Cabinet this month hinted Friday that he would resign, defusing a political crisis for Prime Minister Ryutaro ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto cleared his first political hurdle on Friday when parliament approved his state budget but more battles loom with an opposition that wants early general ...

TOKYO, April 11 -- A revolt against Japan's entrenched machine politics has thrown open the contest for prime minister, and will pit former premier Ryutaro Hashimoto against a self-styled reformer and ...

Died July 1, 2006 JAPAN'S former Prime Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, a tough trade negotiator with the US and a supporter of financial reforms at home, died on Saturday at a Tokyo hospital. Hashimoto, ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who stood up to the United States in trade negotiations and helped defuse tensions over U.S. military bases in Japan, died Saturday (July 1, 2006). He ...

TOKYO — Less than three years ago, Ryutaro Hashimoto--renowned for his slicked-back hair and hard-line fiscal reforms--resigned as Japan’s prime minister after his party’s humiliating defeat in a ...