Taro Aso, the vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is facing a backlash after suggesting in a campaign stump speech that bullying victims have only themselves to blame.

Amid his ongoing campaign for the White House, former US president Donald Trump welcomed former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso to Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. Trump, who is currently on ...

Taro Aso accepted that the scandal "hurt" public confidence in the ministry and the government. But he said that he would not step down over the incident. Mr Abe has been accused of cronyism since ...