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

According to media projections after elections, Ishiba's coalition was projected to have lost its majority in the upper house ...

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 ...

Shigeru Ishiba’s decision not to personally attend represents a missed opportunity to strengthen ties with Europe at a time ...

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

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

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

Changes in Japan’s political environment make immigration a challenging issue for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese government's minimum wage council ...