Parliament approved the ¥115.2 trillion ($772 billion) budget in a plenary session on Monday, finalizing the bill just one day before the start of the new fiscal year. Originally approved by the ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the conflict to shape his message to the public. The prime minister has ...

I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister ...

The leader of the main opposition party squared off against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during an opening Diet debate but failed to elicit substantive responses on key policy issues. In a Lower ...

TOKYO — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wrapped up a high-level meeting Sunday with a stark warning about “severe” security threats in the Asia ...

I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. It’s quite clear that Shigeru Ishiba didn’t read the job description when he became Japan’s prime minister. Back in October ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba landed at Andrews Air Force Base outside of Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6 for his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders are ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning measures to ease the impact of inflation on consumers that draw on policies already incorporated in the current and upcoming fiscal year budgets.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has stressed the importance of free trade and multilateralism and decried threats against democracy as he and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...