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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday dismissed widespread media reports suggesting he planned to step down as ...
Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its ...
The roots of Japan’s economic problems go back to the late 1980s, when the nation suddenly went from challenging US economic ...
Shigeru Ishiba denied he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to ...
Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...
The LDP’s loss in the upper house is another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade ...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on thin ice. AFP looks at the reasons and at who might instead helm his moribund ...
As rumours swirl of Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, a leadership contest now looms that risks tearing the Liberal Democratic Party apart.
Long-ruling party faces crisis with populists capturing working people’s vote as traditional rural base shrinks ...
Their combined strength in the 248-seat chamber shrank to 122, down from 141 earlier.Despite this setback, Ishiba says he is not resigning, vowing to focus on trade negotiations with Donald Trump amid ...
Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious ...