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

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

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

Newly installed Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru expressed his desire to deepen Japan's ties with the Philippines even ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Official campaigning for Japan’s October 27 parliamentary election began on Tuesday with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeking a mandate for his policies and for reforms after the governing ...