Japan’s Ishiba criticized over gifts to lawmakers months after a scandal-fueled election loss
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in ...
Ruling coalition lawmakers comment on Prime Minister Ishiba's action
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has reiterated Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's explanation on giving gift ...
Japan PM apologises for giving out gifts, clouding budget prospects
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a ...
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Japan's prime minister prepares to step down. Why, and what's next?
Japan's embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the ... who can choose to hold it at any time before the current term of the lower house ends in October 2025. A series of local election ...
Japan’s PM admits to being ‘extremely nervous’ as he swaps functionality for style at fashion show
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, known for his geeky image, wowed a fashion event with a surprise appearance in which ...
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Ishiba becomes prime minister, takes heat over election call
Shigeru Ishiba was voted in as the 102nd prime minister of Japan at an extraordinary Diet ... “We need to improve the current situation where a politician is not a profession that women want ...
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Japan Appoints First Chief of New Joint Operations Command
At a Cabinet meeting on March 11, the Japanese government appointed Lieutenant General Nagumo Kenichiro, vice chief of staff ...
US Ally Responds to Trump Pick's Defense Demands
Elbridge Colby, nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, said Japan needed to spend far more on its defense.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Banned by Russia Over Ukraine Sanctions
Moscow doled out permanent entry bans on Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi and eight other top officials and business leaders in ...