Speculation swirls about Japan PM鈥檚 future
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba denied discussing his resignation with party elders on Wednesday, as media speculation about his future intensified after a weekend election debacle...
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Japan PM hangs on after election debacle
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after an election debacle left his coalition without a majority in the upper house, as painful new US tariffs loom...
Election drubbing projected for Japan PM
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba鈥檚 coalition lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday, local media projected, in a debacle that could end his short premiership...
Japan PM goes to Vietnam, the Philippines to talk tariffs
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba left Sunday for a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines, as Tokyo seeks to shore up regional ties after Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff onslaught...
Tokyo to propose 4-day workweek for govt staff
Tokyo鈥檚 governor wants to introduce a four-day workweek for government staffers in the capital as part of a nationwide push to encourage parenthood...
Support sinks for Japan coalition after election blow
Support has sunk further for Japan鈥檚 embattled ruling coalition, a new poll showed Wednesday, after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba鈥檚 party suffered its worst election result in 15 years.
Support sinks for Japan coalition after election blow
Support has sunk further for Japan鈥檚 embattled ruling coalition, a new poll showed Wednesday, after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba鈥檚 party suffered its worst election result in 15 years...
Bruised Japan PM scrambles for support
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba鈥檚 ruling party was reportedly locked in talks to form new alliances Tuesday after losing its parliamentary majority in an election debacle.
Japan PM vows to stay on despite election debacle
Japan鈥檚 prime minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party鈥檚 ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first time since 2009...
Japan PM warns 鈥榯oday鈥檚 Ukraine could be tomorrow鈥檚 East Asia鈥�
Japan鈥檚 new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in his first policy speech Friday that 鈥榯oday鈥檚 Ukraine could be tomorrow鈥檚 East Asia鈥�, saying that the world is becoming ever more...
Shigeru Ishiba becomes Japan PM
Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down...
Ex-defence minister Ishiba to be Japan鈥檚 PM
Japan鈥檚 next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas to reshape the nation鈥檚 miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party鈥檚 leadership race.