Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

The ruling coalition needs a total of 125 seats for a majority. They already have 75 uncontested seats, but NHK projections ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office, despite exit polls indicating that his Liberal ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in office on Monday (Jul 21) after his ruling coalition ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after his coalition suffered what he called an “extremely ...

Long-ruling party faces crisis with populists capturing working people’s vote as traditional rural base shrinks ...

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...

The defeat prompted some of his own party to deliberate his future as the opposition weighed a no-confidence motion. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Tuesday, despite overnight gains on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, driven by optimism over ...