Japan's political developments in 2025 will most certainly be fraught with twists and turns. The minority government of Prime Minister Ishiba faces seven formidable challenges: four relating to events, two…
Magazine Ishiba is in a far weaker political position than his immediate predecessors – and has far more international volatility to contend with. Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru attends the…
Despite the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) losing majority in the October 27 general election, Prime Minister Ishiba has managed to hang on to the premiership. In a vote on November…
The loss of a majority for the ruling coalition in Japan's October 27 general election forced Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to make three changes to his cabinet. On November 11,…
Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, the party now faces a new era as it…
Ishiba Shigeru last month won the race to become the next Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president, and thus the next prime minister of Japan. His ascendancy marked a major break.…
Japanese politics today has a new look, with Ishiba Shigeru heading the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Noda Yoshihiko looking to steer the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan toward…
Japanese politics today has a new look, with Ishiba Shigeru heading the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Noda Yoshihiko looking to steer the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan toward…
Japan's new Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has had a rapid-fire introduction to financial markets, sending Japanese stocks and the currency on a rollercoaster ride following some seemingly conflicting comments. After…