Japan's beleaguered energy company TEPCO has buckled to pressure and announced it will release "teleconference videos" of the secret crisis calls that took place during the most crucial days of the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown. However, key ...

Angus Lockyer, a historian specializing in Japan, talks to Al Jazeera English about the problems facing Yoshihiko Noda, who is set to become the country's sixth Prime Minister in five years.

Yoshihiko Noda is set to become Japan's sixth prime minister in five years after he was elected as the leader of the ruling democratic party.

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan today announced his resignation, and the race to choose his successor -- the country's sixth leader in five years -- is already in turmoil. The prime minister had said he would quit once parliament passed three key...