Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to establish a timeline for tax hikes to secure funding for Japan’s enhanced defense capabilities. “We must not make irresponsible claims like ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for solidarity within his Liberal Democratic Party to capture two key elections this summer despite the ruling coalition’s loss of a Lower House majority the ...

In his first Diet debate, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba came under fire for retreating from his previous positions on key issues, including allowing married couples to take separate surnames.

The leader of the main opposition party squared off against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during an opening Diet debate but failed to elicit substantive responses on key policy issues. In a Lower ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied that Tokyo is trying to weaken its currency after President Donald Trump bumped the yen by accusing Japan and China of gaining an unfair advantage ...

T OKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party and a coalition partner cut the draft budget for the next fiscal year by 343.7 billion yen ($2.30 billion), a document showed on ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on unions and companies to boost workers’ pay, just as their annual pay negotiations are set to heat up this week. “I would like to ...