TOKYO – Yasuo Fukuda, a quiet compromiser who has promised to bring stability and moderation to Japan's tumultuous political scene, was elected prime minister by the lower house of parliament Tuesday.

Even in the consensus-driven culture of the Japanese media, the national dailies’ lockstep front-page declaration on Sunday morning — PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA TO BE ELECTED TODAY — was an example of just ...

Sheila A. Smith, a CFR adjunct senior fellow who lives in Tokyo, says Yasuo Fukuda, the new Japanese prime minister, is likely to be a moderate force in Japanese politics. Sheila A. Smith, a ...

The unexpected resignation of Shinzo Abe and election of Yasuo Fukuda as Japan’s prime minister has turned a page in Sino-Japanese relations. Unlike his predecessors Abe and Junichiro Koizumi, Fukuda ...

Despite indoctrination in militaristic education during World War II, Yasuo Fukuda would go on to value the importance of ...

Yasuo Fukuda won the coveted top spot in Japan this week, acending to prime minister and filling the role Shinzo Abe left vacant in mid-September. The moderate Fukuda beat out Taro Aso, a conservative ...

Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a ...