The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost without a break since 1955, put up the second-worst result in its ...

Hours before winning a vote to stay on as Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba was caught napping in parliament. But with Donald Trump headed back to the White House, he needs to wake up fast.

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...

including potential moves to elevate Ishiba’s LDP presidential contest rival Takaichi Sanae to the party’s top post, with an eye on the House of Councillors election expected by the summer of ...

Meanwhile, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, who lost the party leadership to Ishiba in a runoff vote last month, could take over as LDP chief if he steps down. The next few weeks ...

The Japanese people have had their say at the polls. And they've handed the ruling coalition a stinging rebuke.

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of ...

There also aren’t many great candidates waiting in the wings. Sanae Takaichi, who Ishiba beat in the runoff election last month, is divisive. Shinjiro Koizumi, the third leading candidate in ...

However, even if Ishiba is ousted, there is no clear frontrunner for party leader. Analysts have mentioned a number of names such as former minister in charge of economic security Sanae Takaichi ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party's ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first ...