Next is the China factor. Third countries have two superpowers to keep happy. On May 14th Chinese officials attacked ...

Trump, now, is not a footnote but a harbinger of how the style and conduct of foreign relations could change in the middle ...

The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has reiterated his call to eliminate all tariffs in ongoing trade negotiations with ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suffered an embarrassing diplomatic setback when he failed to secure a coveted early meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Ishiba, whose ruling party lost ...

Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 14 after he apologized for giving gift certificates to 15 newly elected Lower House members but insisted he broke no law ...

While most lawmakers in Nagatacho shy away from broaching the subject of a “sovereign state,” Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has made it a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rejected an opposition proposal to ban political donations from companies, saying such a move would infringe on their freedom of expression. Ishiba on Dec. 5 appeared ...

Somber and defeated, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will now be forced to seek cooperation with opposition parties to maintain control over the government. Ishiba acknowledged he received “a very ...

The approval rating of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet has slipped, and more than half of voters want an administration led by parties other than the Liberal Democratic Party ...

Shigeru Ishiba, 67, the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, did not have the luxury to sit back and savor his Sept. 27 victory, however. Instead, he spent the following day ...