It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

Japan's leader Shigeru Ishiba faces mounting political pressure as his ruling coalition is set to lose its majority in the ...

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister ...

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito won around 41 of the 125 upper house seats contested on ...

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two ...

Ishiba, 68, a self-confessed defense "geek", is the son of a regional governor and is from Japan's small Christian minority.

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A day after Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on 14 countries, two days ahead of his deadline day of July 9, the US ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who is expected to formally take office later in the day.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who is expected to formally take office later in the day. Kishida’s ...