Tokyo — Japan's parliament formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country's new prime minister ... Kishida took office in 2021 but is leaving ...

Public support for Japan’s prime minister is holding up after the government moved to address high rice prices, according to ...

Japan said Tuesday it plans to use some slightly radioactive soil stored near the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office to show it is ...

Japan's House of Councillors election is set to be held on July 20, with official campaigning to begin on July 3, after Prime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked on a four-day trip to Canada on Sunday to attend the first in-person summit o ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has set pay raises and a ¥1 quadrillion ($6.9 trillion) economy as the top campaign ...

Prime Minister Ishiba held a summit meeting with H.E. Dr. César Bernardo Arévalo de León, President of the Republic of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced ... A major loss could mean a new government or could mean Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba would have to step down. Advertisement Article ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center ...