From China’s perspective, Ishiba’s election as Japan’s new leader looks set to accelerate a potential nuclear arms race in ...

The head of a Japanese group of families whose relatives were abducted by North Korea has called on the new government to work for the return of the abductees.

Japanese leaders who last tend to have strong plans. At a time of never-ending stagnation, Junichiro Koizumi pledged “ceaseless reform” to break Japan free. Abe vowed to “take back Japan.” Even ...

Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with addressing public outrage over ...

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

Shigeru Ishiba was set to be voted in by parliament as Japan’s next prime minister on Tuesday and unveil his cabinet as he ...

The 67-year-old Japan former defence minister, Ishiba Shigeru, has been designated as the 102nd prime minister of the country. Show Full Article “ISHIBA Shigeru has been designated as the 102nd prime ...

World shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier. In ...

Analysts argue that the new prime minister will be more like former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida than former Prime Minister ...

The Japanese Yen (JPY) would be the other go-to currency in a geopolitical risk escalation, but Japanese markets are currently trading mostly on domestic news, ING’s FX strategist Francesco Pesole ...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Shigeru Ishiba on being elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

The price of oil continued to slide despite escalating tensions in the Middle East as lower global demand weighs on producers. Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, was down 1.9 per cent to ...