Social media users made sarcastic remarks about the situation and joked that it was merely a tradition for the MPs to doze ...

Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s political future hangs in the balance after his ruling coalition suffered a significant setback in Japan’s upper house elections, losing its majority and plunging the ...

Analysts are divided on whether Shigeru Ishiba will still be prime minister and LDP leader ahead of the upper house elections ...

Conservatives urge Ishiba to wait until his domestic political position stabilises, while others say avoiding Trump could ...

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

Japans economic landscape is shifting as reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy regain influence under Prime ...

Philip Fong / 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 a historic defeat in July’s ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied reports he plans to announce his resignation over a historic defeat of his ruling party in a weekend election, saying instead he wanted to make sure a ...

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday. According to media projections ...

TOKYO — 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 a historic defeat in July's ...