In 2006, when Shinzo Abe, the new prime minister at the time, invited her to join his cabinet, she wrote that she only had about 15 minutes to change before a ceremony at the Imperial Palace and a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with addressing public outrage over his governing party's corruption scandals ahead of a ...

Japan's Shigeru Ishiba confirmed as prime minister Published 10/01/2024 Published October 1, 2024 last updated 10/01/2024 last updated October 1, 2024. The 67-year-old replaces outgoing Prime ...

TOKYO - Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Oct 1 unveiled his Cabinet as he seeks to heal party divisions and secure a national mandate with an Oct 27 snap election. The 67-year-old ...

2:38 Japanese PM delivers warning on Russian, North Korean nukes in speech to U.S. Congress Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the ...

TOKYO — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing party’s policies ...

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday named two women ministers to his Cabinet, down from five in the outgoing administration. Women are poorly represented in politics and business in Japan ...