Six months into office, the odds appear stacked against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Yet he has enjoyed what political ...

For an already-unpopular administration, the return of party members implicated in a slush funds scandal will create further ...

Six months into office, the odds appear stacked against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Yet he has enjoyed what political ...

Some opposition leaders are urging the prime minister to rally his party around a strategy before speaking with the U.S.

Six months into office, the odds appear stacked against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Yet he has enjoyed what political observers describe as "weird" political stability, leaving them guessing ...

Calls are growing in Japan for a major economic stimulus package including a consumption tax cut to cushion the blow to the ...

Even before Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was sworn in and his Cabinet ... Ishiba was unable to go against the majority of the LDP leadership, including Hiroshi Moriyama whom he has picked as ...

The Osaka High Court has become the fifth high court in Japan to rule that current laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, but lawmakers remain slow to respond.

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending ...

A former Lower House member, she shook hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on stage and waved ... an article contributed to a magazine. The LDP leadership dissuaded Sugita from seeking ...