A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...
Prime Minister Ishiba’s election gamble has failed. Japan now faces another period of political uncertainty, which could ...
Uncertainty shrouded Japan’s political landscape on Monday after the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its ...
Voters rebuke the ruling LDP party, but at the risk of a defense setback.
Asian stock markets turned in a choppy Monday after Beijing disclosed debt-swap program to help local and state government deleverage, and legislators in Japan confirmed their Prime Minister. ...
Parliament voted Monday to stick with Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses in an election last month.
Japan’s potential kingmaker Yuichiro Tamaki faces a hazardous path as he looks to remain a power broker well beyond Monday’s ...
William Sposato is a Tokyo-based journalist who has been a contributor to Foreign Policy since 2015. He has been following ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic and policies could further weaken the yen's value against the U.S. dollar, the ...
The electoral rout opens up a potential path for the opposition to steer the lower chamber’s agenda if they can act ...
Voters issued a damning rebuke to the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, William Pesek writes in a ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his job in a parliamentary vote on Monday, despite having led the ruling coalition to its worst general election result in 15 years.