A record number of women are running in Japan's general election this month, although they still account for less than a ...

Japan has never had a woman prime minister and Ishiba narrowly beat one of its few prominent female politicians, nationalist Sanae Takaichi, to the top job in a party leadership vote ...

China criticized Tuesday an idea put forward by new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a NATO-like security structure ...

With an election looming, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has good reason to moderate his stance on divisive national security proposals. But defence is still very much the big picture, says ...

Newly installed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking a public mandate, but has already fallen in opinion polls. Read more ...

Official campaigning began across Japan on Tuesday for the Oct. 27 general election as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks a ...

Official campaigning has begun for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election. More than 1,300 candidates are expected to enter ...

As Japan’s newly elected prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, composes his cabinet, one position remains conspicuously vacant: ...

Japan is heading to a pivotal 465-seat House of Representatives election on Oct. 27, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

The PM must mitigate the reputational damage caused by the LDP's recent funds scandal and persuade voters that the party is ...

Japan's upcoming stimulus package will be bigger than last year's measures that were financed with a 13 trillion yen ($87 billion) extra budget, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.