(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Japan's Prime Minister and head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whom lawmakers voted to keep in office Monday despite his party’s dismal recent election showing, has vowed to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was ...

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses ...

Japan’s Tamaki Digs In Over Tax Demand to Support Ailing LDP Leaders of DPP and LDP agreed to discuss policy cooperation DPP’s Tamaki says support for LDP contingent on tax proposal ...

The new leader of the Lebanon-based Shia Muslim group Hezbollah has stressed it will continue to fight Israel until a ceasefire is reached in the Gaza Strip. Naim Qassem made the comment in a ...

The leader of Japan's ruling coalition partner Komeito has stated his intention to step down to take responsibility for the party's setback in Sunday's Lower House election. Komeito Chief ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) leader Yuichiro Tamaki has caused a stir on social media after remarking ...