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

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff ...

The LDP is divided on PM Ishiba's future and, despite his denials, he may resign by August after key political events.

Japan’s far-right Sanseito party won a record number of seats in the country’s recent upper-house elections, stripping the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under increasing pressure to bow out after his party and junior coalition partner Komeito ...

Mr Ishiba has been under growing pressure to step down as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition ...

Japan’s market is rallying, but bond markets are flashing warnings. With rising yields, political uncertainty, and fading ...

Shigeru Ishiba denied he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its ...