Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation has become unavoidable. The ruling coalition has now suffered crushing defeats in ...

Prospect of a hawkish premier on Japan’s history and China has fuelled online calls for moderate Shigeru Ishiba to stay.

Calls are growing online for him to stay, including from people who are his political opponents. Read more at ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently clinched trade deal ...

The LDP has been thrown into a political power game between those who want Ishiba ousted immediately and those supporting him ...

As rumours swirl of Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, a leadership contest now looms that risks tearing the Liberal Democratic ...

Like Ishiba’s political future, Japan's parliamentary politics is also facing uncertainty, particularly its Cabinet system.

Calls are growing in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to convene an official decision-making meeting on Prime Minister ...

The head of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has expressed concern over the trade deal struck recently ...

The election results were a clear repudiation of the ruling coalition. The LDP won 39 seats, a loss of 13 from the previous ...

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