The prime minister of Japan announced Sunday that he will step down from his role two years before the end of his term, following growing tensions within his own party and two significant electoral ...

(Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky moment for the world's fourth-largest ...

Sept. 7 (UPI) --Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday to avoid a split of his Liberal Democratic Party after recent election defeats. "Today, I have decided resign ...

In a stunning turn of events, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba tendered his resignation late Sunday night, setting off a political domino effect that could reshape the leadership of the world’s ...

Japan’s GDP expanded 0.5% q/q in Q2 2025, beating a flash estimate of 0.3% and picking up from an upwardly revised 0.1% in Q1, marking the fifth straight quarterly growth. Japan’s economy grew by 2.2% ...

TOKYO -- The former chief executive of Japanese beverage giant Suntory acknowledged he was investigated on suspicion of possessing an illegal drug but asserted his innocence despite resigning from his ...

Japanese bond yields rose after the resignation of Shigeru Ishiba over the weekend, and the dollar has recovered some but not all of its losses after weak U.S. jobs data. “Although the prospect of a ...

Women's rights campaigners in Japan have expressed disappointment about the appointment of only two women in the new ...