The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in Sunday’s Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, which is seen as a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Kananaskis, Canada, on June 16. (Japan's Cabinet Public Affairs Office) ...

The handout would be ¥20,000 per person and an additional ¥20,000 would be added on top of that per child or low-income earner, Ishiba said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has set pay raises and a ¥1 quadrillion ($6.9 trillion) economy as the top campaign promises for this summer’s upper house election, as the date nears for ...

TOKYO, June 15 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba heads to Canada on Sunday for trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to persuade him to drop trade tariffs that have ...

On the sidelines of the G-7 summit, Ishiba is expected to hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. After returning home, he plans to hold another meeting with party leaders as early ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appears to be trying to keep his party rivals in check as he wrestles with the US over tariffs and prepares for an upper house election in less than two months.

A survey conducted over the weekend by Kyodo News showed the approval rating for Ishiba’s Cabinet at 37.0%.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appears willing to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before opposition parties can vote on a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet, several senior ...

Prime Minister Ishiba removed Etō Taku from the post of agriculture minister after the latter’s gaffe, a comment that he had never had to purchase rice himself since his constituents gifted him ...

BANFF, Canada (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived in Canada on Sunday for his first in-person summit of the Group of Seven nations, with ...