TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday it was his responsibility to bring the nuclear crisis under control, leaving open the possibility that he intends to continue in office until closer to the end of the year. ...

In an apparent victory for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, he survived a no-confidence motion in parliament that could have forced him to resign. WSJ's Mariko Sanchanta and Jake Schlesinger make sense of the ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday, in a move that could split the party asunder regardless of whether the premier ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's opposition parties submitted Wednesday a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, aggravating the country's political paralysis as it tries to rebuild itself after the ...

TOKYO—Japan's opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday, in a move that could split the party asunder regardless of whether the premier survives, exacerbating political paralysis ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will face his biggest political challenge on Thursday when the lower house likely votes on the ouster of his administration over its handling of the March 11 disaster and subsequent nuclear crisis. ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely face his second vote of no-confidence in less than a year over the next few days, as opposition lawmakers prepare to submit a motion in hopes of stirring enough havoc within Kan's ruling ...

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan Deputy Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said Tuesday that is inappropriate for the government to comment on the downgrade of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) debt by Standard & Poor's. ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan Deputy Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said Tuesday that is inappropriate for the government to comment on the downgrade of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) debt by Standard & Poor's. Fukuyama told reporters at a press ...