NHK World's political correspondent Shimada Yukiko explains the major issues Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's administration is trying to tackle. Q: The US hit Japan with a 24 percent tariff this ...

As the international order based on the rule of law faces a crisis, a statement from Japan's leader expressing a strong ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte have vowed to further deepen military ties while stressing ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would go to the US as soon as possible to pitch a wide-ranging deal with ...

After failing in his own attempt, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba instructed his Cabinet ministers to call on the Trump administration to review its steep tariffs against Japan. In the first ...