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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated that Japan isn’t intentionally pushing down the yen’s value to lower the price of its products sold overseas. “We are not ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday (March 14, 2025) for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a move that could hurt his administration’s already low ...