Shigeru Ishiba appointed only 2 women to his cabinet, down from 5 previously, highlighting a setback in gender equality ...

Japan's new prime minister appointed only two women to his 20-strong cabinet on Tuesday, down from five previously, in what a ...

Japan's new leader Shigeru Ishiba appointed a proponent of former premier Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" policies as finance ...

Japanese business sentiment was steady in the three months to September, a closely watched survey showed, a sign the economy ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked former Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, while congratulating his ...

The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 1) formally elected Shigeru Ishiba as the prime minister. Ishiba, the country's ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to ...

The Hyogo nori research institute in the city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, has begun the process of attaching spores of nori ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about postal rate hikes in Japan. Question: I hear ...

Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest ...

Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, plans to call a parliamentary election to be held on Oct. 27 after he is ...

He is virtually assured of being formerly designated premier due to his party’s majority in Parliament. Read more at ...