During an extraordinary parliamentary session, Ishiba defeated Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), to retain leadership. However, his minority ...

Ishiba, 67, was first sworn in as prime minister in September after his predecessor, Fumio Kishida, stepped down amid a series of scandals. The LDP leader won in a runoff vote for prime minister ...

THE PHILIPPINE government will propose trade agreements to the US government under President Donald J. Trump, a key economic official said, as the Southeast Asian nation remains hopeful about the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has won a run-off vote in parliament to stay in his post, after an election setback last month that saw his coalition lose its majority in the ...

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his job in a parliamentary vote on Monday, despite having led the ruling ...

But voters, unhappy with inflation and a slush fund scandal that helped sink his predecessor Fumio Kishida, delivered a blow to the LDP and its junior coalition partner. Japan’s opposition parties are ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a parliament vote on Monday that is expected to keep him in the job, but with a ...