TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in ...

Japan must balance its budget and push the central bank to raise interest rates to alleviate concern over the country's ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, shown on Aug. 14, announced his intention to step down after a term marked by various scandals. (Philip Fong-Pool/Getty Images) ...

Japan’s governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party leadership is a ticket to the top job ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, despite media speculation and growing calls for him to resign ...

On July 29, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba received a courtesy call from a group of junior high school students, who are third ...

Japan’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country’s upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in ...