Sensuikyo Gorge, nestled in the mountains of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, is one of Kyushu’s most picturesque hidden ...

Aso was born in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture on 20 September 1940, to Takakichi Aso, the chairman of the Aso Cement Company and a close associate of Japan’s political elite.

FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Sunday he did not raise, at a bilateral meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the issue of whether to include a ...

Aso, who doubles as finance minister, told a constituency meeting in Fukuoka, southwest Japan, at the weekend that older people were being unfairly singled out to explain the country’s ...

Mr Aso was speaking at a constituency meeting in Fukuoka, south-west Japan. On Monday he retracted his remarks after criticism from opposition MPs, who said they could hurt couples who were unable ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologized for saying childless people are to blame for the country's rising social security costs and its aging and declining ...

Taro Aso, 78, denied that the elderly were the cause of the country’s declining population and increasing social security costs during a speech in Fukuoka prefecture in southern Japan on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Jan. 30 took the high road in responding to the sexist remarks former Prime Minister Taro Aso made about her appearance.

Mr Aso was speaking at a constituency meeting in Fukuoka, south-west Japan. On Monday he retracted his remarks after criticism from opposition MPs, who said they could hurt couples who were unable ...