Gambling in a bid for a stronger mandate, Japan’s new prime minister called a general election a year before he needed to, ...

Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was facing a major electoral setback on Sunday as projections indicated his ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that he intends to continue running the government after his ...

Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday's general election suggested, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-confessed defence geek and train-lover whose snap election gamble backfired ...

Japan's voters decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government on Sunday in an election expected to punish his ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay in office despite his party's ruling coalition falling short of a ...

"The LDP suffered a crushing defeat," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, who sees a ...

Freshly named Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will likely have to form a new coalition government after his ruling party took a ...

An election meant to deliver greater certainty has yielded anything but. The Liberal Democratic Party lost its parliamentary ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has promised to stay in office despite his gamble on snap elections having backfired.

In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...