A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023.

Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected prime minister by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, succeeding Fumio Kishida.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to announce an economic aid package for central Asia in a meeting with five regional leaders in Kazakhstan early next month, government officials said.

Japan's main opposition party submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet on Thursday in response to the enactment of a revised political funds control law which has been criticized for failing to improve financial transparency in politics, News.Az reports citing KYODO News.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was invited to a summit to be held on the sidelines of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku.