Official campaigning began Thursday in Japan for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial battle for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads a minority government. Ishiba has set a goal ...

Faced with right-wing attacks amid a growing national profile, Japan’s Kurds could benefit from simple, pragmatic ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday defended his party's plan to distribute cash handouts as a quick way to help households struggling with rising prices as he sought to deflect opposition ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal is a simple majority. Half of the 248 seats for six-year terms in the upper ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

TOKYO, June 30 (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has slipped ... The current ruling bloc of Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior partner Komeito ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was a critical test for Ishiba’s leadership and his party, and the LDP failed it.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured its lowest number of seats ever in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on ...

European Council President Antonio Costa, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S.

In a striking development at the G7 summit in Canada, Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba's attempts to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to relax tariffs that threaten Japan's economy and his ...

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met during the G7 summit in Canada, pledging to enhance bilateral relations. Amid historical tensions, they focused on ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced that his nation remains in negotiation limbo with the United States over tariff agreements. Speaking after the G7 summit in Canada, Ishiba asserted the ...