Following two successive national election defeats, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing withering criticism from foes and ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to “punish” scandal-tainted lawmakers in the Lower House election has sparked an ...

The new Ishiba administration will almost certainly include a sprinkling of party veterans, long-time allies and those who helped engineer his election triumph.

Shigeru Ishiba appointed key allies to his newly inaugurated Cabinet to pursue his national security projects, but his plans ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27, reaching the top of the ladder in ...

The leader of the main opposition party took shots at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in his first Diet debate since taking ...

A friend and a foe of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are seen as the front-runners to succeed the lame-duck leader of the ...

The race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as head of the Liberal Democratic Party is shaping up as a battle by five lawmakers who ran but lost to him in last year’s election.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on May 12 said he disagrees with Upper House lawmaker Shoji Nishida, who sparked outrage by ...

Lawmakers of Japan’s ruling party will vote on Monday whether to hold an extraordinary leadership election that could oust embattled premier Shigeru Ishiba and have a significant impact on the world’s ...

Taro Aso, supreme adviser of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is seeking an early LDP leadership election, putting additional pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign over the Upper ...

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who also serves as party president, to resign erupted at a ...