President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has renewed a pledge to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision to disband the party faction he once headed triggered a chain reaction that could further undermine his hold on government. Kishida stepped down as ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was ...

He will now navigate hostilities within his party, economic woes and a period of flux in international relations.

Former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida deepened his predecessors' foreign policy shifts, with Japan becoming an increasingly active — and assertive — regional actor. This strategic reorientation ...

Fumio Kishida has long been described as low-key and humble, even during his rise through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party. One influential supporter even told Kishida that those ...

And while Kishida ruled out a defense spending tax hike next year, he did not indicate when such an eventuality would begin. In December 2022, Kishida said a decision on when to start the defense ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was reelected Monday by Japan's Parliament despite his governing coalition suffering the worst election loss in more than a decade. Ishiba's ruling Liberal ...