The ruling party’s decision to field former party lawmaker Mio Sugita in the Upper House election this summer has generated a ...

Ishiba has denied breaking political funding laws and said he won't resign. But opposition lawmakers and rivals in his own ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba discussed politics at a private dinner he hosted for 15 first-time ruling party lawmakers and dispensed advice although he denied the event was a political activity.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in his party in a scandal shaking his already weak grip on ...

Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 14 after he apologized for giving gift certificates to 15 newly elected Lower House members but insisted he broke no law.

Opposition leaders have demanded Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appear at Diet ethics committees to explain why he gave gift certificates to 15 rookie lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party.

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun to surface within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as a sense of crisis is growing ahead of this summer’s ...