The prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

Fears of a ‘far-right’ government have sparked an unlikely online campaign, even among political opponents, urging Shigeru ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation has become unavoidable. The ruling coalition has now suffered crushing defeats in ...

Prospect of a hawkish premier on Japan’s history and China has fuelled online calls for moderate Shigeru Ishiba to stay.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently clinched trade deal ...

The LDP has been thrown into a political power game between those who want Ishiba ousted immediately and those supporting him ...

Like Ishiba’s political future, Japan's parliamentary politics is also facing uncertainty, particularly its Cabinet system.

A decline in utility costs helped slow the overall gauge, but households are still coping with higher living costs overall.

The election results were a clear repudiation of the ruling coalition. The LDP won 39 seats, a loss of 13 from the previous ...

As rumours swirl of Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, a leadership contest now looms that risks tearing the Liberal Democratic ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on thin ice. AFP looks at the reasons and at who might instead helm his moribund ...