Official campaigning for the leadership election of Japan's second-largest but flagging opposition party kicked off Sunday, ...

Japanese social media was quick to point out that PM Shigeru Ishiba appeared to doze off during Monday’s vote in parliament ...

His Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition will need the backing of at least one opposition party.

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses ...

Economic malaise was the biggest factor in the devastating loss handed to Japan's ruling coalition last month.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

The Japanese parliament on Monday re-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a rare runoff vote after the ruling LDP lost its majority in the lower legislative ...

TOKYO — Japan's parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a parliament vote on Monday that is expected to keep him in the job, but with a ...

Ishiba took office six weeks ago and held a snap election on October 27, hoping to shore up his mandate as leader of the ...

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...