Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) made a deal on Monday to form a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, generally known as “Ishin,” that should clear away the final obstacles to conservative Takaichi Sanae becoming Japan’s first female prime minister.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s response to the Gaza ceasefire deal on Thursday was tepid and sour, expressing doubt that anything less than the creation of a Palestinian state would bring peace.
President Donald Trump congratulated Japan on Monday as it is expected to elect its first woman prime minister, Takaichi Sanae.
Takaichi Sanae won leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), positioning her to become Japan’s first female prime minister.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is preparing for a special election in October to replace outgoing Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who announced his resignation after less than a year in office on Sunday.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday that his country is ready to participate in an international coalition to guarantee the security of Ukraine after a prospective peace deal with Russia.
The USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, set the stage for a trade deal that was agreed upon just days after it hosted a delegation of cabinet officials sent by President Donald Trump.
The tsunami unleashed by the massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula reached Japan on Wednesday morning.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Sunday evening that he intends to remain in office as prime minister, even though his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an anticipated defeat in Sunday’s elections and lost control of the upper house of the National Diet.
Japan’s upstart populist-conservative party Sanseito is causing major headaches for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in this weekend’s election, peeling off just enough votes to bring Ishiba’s minority coalition government down.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) posted its lowest polling numbers since 2012 on Monday, a grim omen of the ruling party’s fortunes heading into this Sunday’s elections for the upper house of the National Diet, the Japanese parliament.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday he found it “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump announced he would impose reciprocal tariffs of 25 percent on exports from Japan.
South Korea’s birth rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as a steep demographic decline was halted by a surge in new marriages. Meanwhile, Japan hit its lowest birth rate ever, continuing nine straight years of population decline.
President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Friday at the White House, where they were set to discuss topics including North Korea and U.S. Steel.
President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, February 7.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is reportedly attempting to arrange a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump after the G20 summit in Brazil, which is scheduled for November 18 and 19.
Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) appears to have lost its majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time since 2009, reports from the country revealed on Monday.
The newly minted prime minister of Japan, Ishiba Shigeru, called the creation of an “Asian version of NATO” to contain China “essential” in recent remarks, Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday.
