Ishiba expresses eagerness to visit China soon
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed an eagerness to visit China as soon as possible during a meeting with the secretaries-general of the ruling parties on Thursday. The meeting comes before…
Japan PM Ishiba rules out forming grand coalition for now
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday ruled out the possibility of forming a grand coalition with opposition parties for now, saying that he will do his utmost to seek broad…
Three tests Ishiba must pass to survive in 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba managed to survive 2024 following his Liberal Democratic Party's loss of a majority in the Oct. 27 Lower House election, which forced him to work with…
Ishiba aims for agreement on corporate political donations by March
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that he will aim for a conclusion on the issue of donations from companies and other organizations to political parties by the end of…
Trump says he’s open to meeting Ishiba before inauguration
Donald Trump has signaled an openness to meetings with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of the US president-elect's Jan. 20 inauguration, a reversal from his team's earlier claim that no…
Trump picks businessman George Glass as Japan ambassador
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen businessman George Glass to be ambassador to Japan as he continues to stack his administration with Officials who have espoused hawkish views toward China.“I…
Ishiba urges deeper G7 security cooperation as North Korea gets closer to Russia
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba used an online meeting of Group of Seven leaders on Saturday to raise alarm over growing military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, particularly North Korea's deployment…
Ishiba makes first visit as PM to crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant
Fukushima – Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday to inspect Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings' disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. He also inspected an interim storage…
Ishiba makes concessions to opposition to maintain power
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's minority government has made a series of concessions to gain opposition support for its supplementary budget, which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.Ishiba's efforts to…
Approval rate of Ishiba’s Cabinet dips to 26.8%, poll shows
Public support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet dipped 1.9 percentage points from the previous month to 26.8%, a Jiji Press opinion poll for December showed Thursday.The Cabinet's approval rate…