TOKYO: The Japanese government will compile a comprehensive set of measures to address issues related to foreign residents ...

This dissolution, which came later in the afternoon and just eight days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office, ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Sunday announced he would resign after little more than a year in office, taking responsibility for two election losses during his tenure that saw the ruling Liberal ...

Japan's Komeito quit the ruling coalition on Friday, dealing a blow to new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s Prime Minister, has stepped down following substantial election setbacks. This development comes at a pivotal moment for Japan’s economy, which ranks as the fourth-largest ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday her government will consider cooperating with the United States in developing ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit - Toru Hanai—POOL/AFP/Getty Images Less than a year after taking office, Japanese Prime Minister ...

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan said Sunday that he planned to resign, plunging the country into deep political uncertainty in a turbulent time. Japan is grappling with rising ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said Tuesday, replacing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who resigned after huge ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for its big loss in the July ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...