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

If the current Japanese Prime Minister does not run in the early autumn elections for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, his term as Prime Minister is likely to end in September.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for it to be more equitable after he took office Tuesday vowing to tackle a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won’t run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in September, opening the way for a race to succeed him as premier. “I ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has slipped ahead of key national elections next month, a ...

The new Japanese prime minister is “a realist,” says Hiro Akita, the Japanese business daily Nikkei’s foreign affairs specialist, who knows him. Ishiba thinks that Japan has to adjust to a ...

But Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who will step down from office next week, ... But, he told me in an interview, the current dire circumstances left him no other choice.

Japan's former environment minister and leading prime ministerial candidate, Shinjiro Koizumi, said on Friday he would call a snap election "at the earliest date possible" if he were to win the ...

The unpopular prime minister is bowing to pressure within his party. But it is unclear whether the party is truly ready to choose a candidate who will meet the public’s concerns.

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

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for it to be more equitable after he took office Tuesday vowing to tackle a ...

Reuters. Japanese former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the 43-year-old son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks at a press conference ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party ...