Ishiba, a straight-talking former defense minister, received 221 votes compared with 160 for Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. Other candidates received a total ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, confessed to an extramarital affair with a model allegedly between July and October this year, after a tabloid report sent ...

the more powerful of Japan’s two-house parliament, in the Oct. 27 election due to continued voter outrage over financial ...

Leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shigeru Ishiba, has secured a new term as the country’s prime minister after a parliamentary vote on Monday, local media reported. Ishiba, 67, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, attends a special parliamentary session of the lower house before a parliamentary vote for a new leader on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo.

Shigeru Ishiba was elected Monday as the 103rd prime minister at a special Diet session, and the second Ishiba Cabinet was to ...

He will now navigate hostilities within his party, economic woes and a period of flux in international relations.

Ishiba, a straight-talking former defense minister, received 221 votes compared with 160 for Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. Other candidates received a total ...

TOKYO — Japan's parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remains in power despite losing a parliamentary majority. His leadership faces several ...

Japan's parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after his coalition's historic defeat. Facing a lost majority in ...

Japan politician apologises for remark on ‘women removing their uteruses after 30’ - Naoki Hyakuta brought up the controversial idea in a YouTube programme, although he emphasised that he did not supp ...