The government issued an e-mail identifying the new lineup. Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki and Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Kaoru Yosano joined the Cabinet. Yasano is known for ...

In another bleak prognosis, new Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki warned Japan's economy was in a severe condition, although he added the government, which also faces rising welfare costs as the ...

The plan is part of an economic stimulus package due to be announced Friday, the Nikkei business daily reported, citing comments from Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki. The plan will also include ...

In February, education minister Bunmei Ibuki called Japan "an extremely homogenous country." Eighteen months earlier, now Foreign Minister Taro Aso described Japan as having "one nation ...

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Bunmei Ibuki (C), secretary-general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, and Kazuo Kitagawa, secretary general of Japan's Komei Party, at the Great Hall ...

Tokyo: Japan's new finance minister, Bunmei Ibuki, said on Monday that there was a risk of the nation's economy falling into stagflation prompted by high raw material prices, adding that it was ...

"During the dangerous 40 minutes, you had better stay home," National Public Safety Commission Chairman Bunmei Ibuki said, warning of possible danger if Mir's final thrust failed. "There are two ...

The letter was addressed to Education Minister Bunmei Ibuki and delivered Monday by mail, ministry official Miki Kuwata said. The sender said he has been bullied at school and plans to kill ...

That is exemp- lified by recent comments by Japan’s Education Minister Bunmei Ibuki, critics say. “Japan has been historically governed by the Yamato race [ethnic Japanese],” Mr. Ibuki told ...

"The government and ruling parties have decided to compile a supplementary budget," Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki told reporters Tuesday morning. "We will compile the supplementary (budget ...

Bunmei Ibuki, 69, also said that Western-style individualism is damaging Japan, while he praised Japan's racial homogeneity and appeared to denigrate minorities. Japanese newspapers reported ...