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 ...

Despite initial market jitters, political veteran Shigeru Ishiba seems likely to carry the torch of Japan’s economic ...

Japan's upcoming stimulus package will be bigger than last year's measures that were financed with a 13 trillion yen ($87 ...

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

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

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said his government is aiming to compile a supplementary budget for ...

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

Campaigning kicked off Tuesday in Japan for an October 27 election in which new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said his government aims to compile a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year ...

With its large stores of plutonium and uranium and its technical know-how, Japan could build a bomb in a matter of months, perhaps less than a year.

If Shigeru Ishiba's proposal becomes a reality, it will raise tensions and could drive Beijing to 'push further on its own nuclear build-up' Japan's new leader has proposed Nato-like nuclear sharing ...

Philippine marines march between Philippine and Japanese flags prior to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's (not pictured) arrival for a wreath-laying ceremony at Jose Rizal's monument in Manila ...