For an already-unpopular administration, the return of party members implicated in a slush funds scandal will create further ...

Six months into office, the odds appear stacked against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Yet he has enjoyed what political ...

Suspicions are growing that past prime ministers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) handed out money and gifts to ...

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the CDP, and Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the DPP, have called on Ishiba to give explanations before a ...

Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approval rating fell below 28%, it’s hard not to wonder how it could ...

Japan's parliament passed the budget for fiscal 2025 on Monday, the day before the new financial year starts, after Prime ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27, reaching the top of the ladder in what he had said would be his “final political battle.” Ishiba ...

The possibilities of holding the same-day elections and expanding the ruling coalition, which currently consists of the ...

Ahead of new U.S. tariffs on automobiles, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on April 1 tried to alleviate concerns at a news ...

The latest results are likely to increase doubts within the party about Ishiba’s leadership going into the Upper House ...

The Trump administration’s tariffs are forcing Japan’s government to scramble to come up with support measures for businesses ...

Japan's state budget for the next fiscal year is poised to be enacted Monday after a rare upper house revision following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's backdown on a hike in medical costs, giving a ...