His parents were from the western Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. Fujimori began his career as a mathematics lecturer. After serving as a president of national university, he was elected Peru's ...

The president went to Japan, the land of his parents ... where he was arrested and then extradited to Peru. He had hoped to run for Peru’s presidency in 2006, but instead wound up in court ...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been taken from prison to a hospital days after beginning a hunger strike in ...

Masaki Seo, Japanese Ambassador to Peru at the time ... the government treats him too emotionally as he will be the first president of Japanese descent,” Seo said. “It will be beneficial ...

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori - who was convicted ... Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, led the country from 1990 to 2000. During his decade in power he stabilised the economy ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Peru on Friday to discuss trilateral cooperation amid growing concerns over ...

Japan’s Prince Hitachi began an official visit to Peru this weekend to take part ... royal couple was hosted at an official reception by President Alan Garcia and his wife Pilar Nores.