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

A shortage of students willing to work at bars, restaurants or karaoke joints in the busy year-end season — even as pay rises ...

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

A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election late last month.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba received some rare good news as parliament backed him to stay in the job ahead of an ...

Ishiba defeated opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by a vote of 221 to 160, ...

Japan’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter, boosting the case for the government to put together a stimulus package ...

Japan's general election on Sunday will be a test for new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is seeking to solidify his position atop a scandal-plagued party. His gamble to call a snap election ...

In addition, they may exchange views on Ishiba's proposal to revise the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. With Xi, Ishiba hopes to agree on advancing the mutually beneficial strategic ...