Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of rice prices spiking tremendously over the last year. The Japanese ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his government is making last ditch efforts to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ...

I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. It’s quite clear that Shigeru Ishiba didn’t read the job description when he became Japan’s prime minister. Back in October ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government is struggling to gain strong support from voters who were already angry over inflation and other issues when Ishiba took office in October.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday (March 18) instructed his Cabinet to finalise a national tourism plan for fiscal 2026-2030 by March next year. The plan, called the “Tourism ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba condemned the game's depiction of cultural disrespect and called for talks with government officials. The controversy arose after a promotional video depicted players ...

However, the man who got the job, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, did not get the message. It is bad enough that his public popularity has been underwhelming, leading to a disastrous ...

Ishiba was responding to a question from lawmaker Hiroyuki Kada of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who represents Hyogo prefecture, about the government’s stance on the game’s ...

The revelation emerged as incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba comes under fire for distributing gift certificates worth ¥100,000 ($674) each to rookie LDP lawmakers. The office of another ...

Parts of specific buildings will no longer be destructible, and the monks inside will no longer bleed when hit, following recent comments on the topic by Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Which brings us to where things currently stand: After two years spent by his party dealing with a reporting scandal, Ishiba decided to hand out ¥100,000 gift certificates to 15 newly elected ...

Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that the gift certificates he gave to new lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party were not meant to ...