Just days after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a grassroots group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors pushing for the abolition of nuclear arms, Prime Minister Shigeru…
A day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a grassroots group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors pushing for a nuclear weapons ban, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday…
Keiichi Ishii, new head of Komeito, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's ally, sees a maintaining at least a majority of seats in the Lower House as the make-or-break line for…
With him first foray abroad this week, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looked to swipe away any fears of a radical departure from the diplomatic and security trail that was blazed…
With pledges to strengthen maritime security and promote decarbonization, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made his international debut Thursday at summits related to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)…
TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing…
Political reform and the Liberal Democratic Party's handling of its slush fund scandal took center stage in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's first one-on-one debate with opposition leaders in parliament Wednesday.Constitutional…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the Lower House of parliament on Wednesday for a general election, as he stressed the importance of winning a mandate from the public following his…
The Liberal ruling Democratic Party decided Wednesday that it will not endorse 12 party legislators involved in a political slush funds scandal for the Oct. 27 Lower House election. The…
New Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has held his first talks with his US counterpart, with the two agreeing to continue expanding their bilateral presence in Japan's far-flung Nansei Islands near…