A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime ...

Even so, Ishiba then faces the prospect of running a fragile minority government as protectionist Donald Trump regains ...

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coal ...

Japanese lawmakers voted today for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader, after his scandal-tarnished coalition ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of Japan’s kingmaking opposition party, confirms tabloid report of affair as pressure mounts ...

Japan’s Democratic Party for the People will nominate its head Yuichiro Tamaki for the premiership vote as planned following ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba won the most support in Monday’s first round of voting to stay in the job despite a ...

His party later decided to keep him on as leader. Along with these negotiations, Ishiba must also contend with discontent ...