Leader of Japan ruling Liberal Democratic Party LDP Shigeru Ishiba has secured a new term as the country prime minister after a parliamentary vote on Mo ...

The lower house speaker announced Ishiba's appointment after a run-off, the first since 1994, in which he won 221 votes ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was ...

Fifteen years after his father’s death, Fumio Kishida earned his first Cabinet post ... of the prestigious Kaisei Senior High School in Tokyo, was a member of the school’s baseball team ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped the post of special adviser for international human rights issues during the recent Cabinet reshuffle ... his needs,” he said. New policy issues ...

Japan's PM commits $64.9 billion to boost semiconductor and AI industries, aiming to maintain competitive edge in advanced ...

TOKYO - New lawmaker Saria Hino ... has called the dearth of new babies a “quiet emergency” and has pledged to promote ...

Lawmakers applaud as Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing L) is reappointed as leader after the second round of a ...

New lawmaker Saria Hino takes her seat on Monday as one of a record number of women in Japan's parliament, but while ...

Suga is the longest-serving chief cabinet secretary in Japanese history ... candidates after a term of less than a year. October 4, 2021 – Fumio Kishida takes office as the new prime minister.

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 ...