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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-US tariff ...

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

The yen rose against the dollar. MUFG said Takaichi as PM would encourage speculation that the BOJ could face pressure to delay rate rises.

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba dismisses reports that he will step down next month - The 68-year old leader said media reports ...

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

US President Donald Trump says the US has agreed to a "massive" trade deal with Japan, one of the country's largest trading ...

Earlier, the Mainichi newspaper reported that Ishiba had informed his associates of plans to announce his resignation by the end of August. Kyodo News, citing senior LDP officials, described his ...

Calls for Ishiba to resign are reportedly coming from within the LDP, the government, and regional party branches ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told Reuters, as the embattled premier announced a long-sought trade deal with US ...