Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet members formally resigned Tuesday, paving the way for the election of former chief Cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister.

Abe had visited Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward earlier in the day, where he was examined by doctors, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano said

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation on Wednesday, following an upper house election defeat and controversy over his country's support for Afghanistan operations.

Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a major cabinet reshuffle, shifting his foreign minister to a top party job as part of a shake-up aimed at salvaging his government.

India and Japan have agreed to lay down a road map for giving a new dimension to a global and strategic partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to sign the comprehensive economic partnership agreement.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he would not stop cabinet members from visiting a controversial war shrine this week on the sensitive anniversary of Japan's defeat in the World War II.

A summit of the Group of Eight Industrialized Nations (G8) in 2008 will be held on the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido on July 7-9, Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan would revise its constitution to let its troops play a greater role in world peace missions - but only in those ones that would be needed for self-defense and to protest Japanese allies.

U.S. President George Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are holding talks Friday at the U.S. presidential retreat outside Washington, Camp David, where North Korea's nuclear program is expected to be a main topic.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to the United States for a Washington summit. He and President Bush are expected to discuss the prospect of closer cooperation, and a more robust regional security role for Tokyo. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin has more.