TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for its big loss in the July ...

LDP's election win not a 'blank check' for Takaichi admin, former PM Ishiba says in interview; remarks a warning against ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's snap election paid off, with her Liberal Democratic Party securing a two-thirds ...

Among all age groups, young people were the happiest with the results of Sunday’s landslide win for the LDP ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), places a red paper rose on the ...

Japan could soon have either its first female or youngest-ever prime minister as the country's ruling party votes for its second new leader in just over a year. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -The leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed on Tuesday to work together to tackle global trade turmoil while reaffirming their commitment to denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula, ...

Sanae Takaichi is popular - but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters' minds.

After a year in office, Shigeru Ishiba resigned as Japan’s prime minister following the LDP–Komeito coalition’s major electoral defeats. Sanae Takaichi emerged victorious from the LDP presidential ...