Democratic candidates both win Japanese supporters, for very different reasons. TOKYO, Japan, Feb 8, 2008— -- Covering Japan probably was not part of the campaign strategy for either Barack Obama ...

President Barack Obama closed out his first full day of a week-long trip to Asia on Thursday with a state dinner at Japan's Imperial Palace and a toast to the U.S.-Japan alliance. "Although we are ...

President Barack Obama on Thursday afternoon made a statement on the Japan disaster. He emphasized that harmful levels of radiation are not expected to reach the United States and requested a ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — President Obama pledged Saturday that the U.S. is “here to stay” among the most rapidly growing economies of the world and wants to share in the benefits of expanding global trade.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. will stand by long-time ally Japan as it recovers from last week's earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear crisis that those twin disasters ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Barack Obama on Friday became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing, in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will ...

President Obama will nominate Caroline Kennedy as the new ambassador to Japan on Wednesday, according to a report from the Associated Press. Kennedy, whose nomination to the post has been anticipated ...

President Obama is departing on his first presidential trip to Asia, a nine-day journey through Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. He lands in Tokyo on Friday. Beyond the ceremony and posturing, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economic crisis and concerns about North Korea will dominate talks on Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso aimed at reassuring ...

*A Japanese lawmaker made a remark linking President Obama to the “blood of … slaves,” and is now under pressure to explain exactly what he meant by it. Kazuya Maruyama, a legislator from Prime ...

Opposition parties in Japan submitted a resolution to that nation's House of Councillors on Thursday calling for a ruling party lawmaker to step down over remarks concerning President Obama that some ...