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

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

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

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Japan's Democratic Party for the People (DPP), admitted to having an extramarital affair on Monday. The admission came just hours before lawmakers were set to vote on ...

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.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba votes for the new prime minister in the National Diet's lower house on Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shigeru Ishiba was ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, faces another vote in parliament on Monday, though he ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament following a major loss in the polls last month ...

As Japan prepares for a special parliamentary session on Monday to elect a new leader, experts have warned of the possibility of "revolving door" leadership in the country for a period of time ...