A 50% increase in average pay and a ¥1 quadrillion ($6.9 trillion) economy will be the top campaign pledges for this summer’s ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he had instructed ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executives to ...

A double election could result in more political stability if either bloc manages to capture both chambers, or continued ...

South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held their first phone conversation and ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in ...

Japan must be aware that rising interest rates would push up the government's debt-financing costs and affect its spending ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday met in Tokyo with President Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala, which has the largest economy and population among the 12 countries that recognize Taiwan ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday that he plans to establish a council tasked with helping promote regional ...

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan will make nationwide efforts to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed determination to defend rules-based, free and multilateral trade systems ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has proposed that leaders of ruling and opposition ...

This weakness supports the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) cautious stance and keeps political pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru ...