After decades of LDP dominance, scandal forced Japan into its first minority government in 30 years. Shigeru Ishiba now leads ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government is planning ¥30,000 ($192) cash handouts to help low-income households ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked Thursday on his first ... Ishiba is seeking to meet with ...

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told a news briefing on Nov. 13, "He (President Biden) will meet with President ...

Analysts are optimistic Ishiba will be able to tackle corruption in Japanese politics as he has a ‘clear majority’ for ...

The exclusion of lawmakers involved in the slush fund scandal is apparently aimed at avoiding criticism from the opposition ...

Tomiichi Murayama, who as prime minister issued a landmark statement of “remorse” for Japan’s actions in World War II, marked his 100th birthday on March 2, expressing his hope that the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who launched his second Cabinet on Monday, faces a tightrope walk, as he leads a minority ...

But China and India have no desirable “normal” status quo to return to. Challenges abound in the bilateral relationship, and ...

Since the last Lower House election three years ago, Japan's security policy has undergone radical changes under the administration of former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The Kishida ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister ...

The summit will also bring together leaders and senior officials from Japan, South Korea ... Biden, meanwhile, will on Friday ...