World & Nation
Japan poised to select new prime minister
June 3, 2010
Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan survives no-confidence vote
June 2, 2011
Japan leader Naoto Kan makes deal, survives no-confidence vote
June 3, 2011
Prime minister Naoto Kan promises ‘that the government will fully assist survivors’ and thanks Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers as the company continues to try and contain radiation at the Fukushima nuclear complex.
March 14, 2014
Naoto Kan has tackled an HIV scandal--and rocketed to fame.
July 19, 1996
Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he will convene a national post-quake council within 10 days; he later visits a devastated town on the northeast coast. U.S.-Japanese troops launch a wide-scale hunt for bodies.
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic emergency response to the crises.
June 13, 2013
Japan to get new leader after prime minister quits
Aug. 27, 2011
Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a ‘no nukes’ crusader
With earthquake, Japan faces toughest crisis since WWII, prime minister says
March 13, 2011