Potential successors include one-time Shigeru Ishiba rival Sanae Takaichi and Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to step down after clinching U.S. tariff deal
The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house majority in an election in July. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Expo hits record 200,000 daily visitors
The 2025 World Expo in Osaka attracted 200,000 visitors on Saturday, the largest single-day turnout, according to preliminary data from the event's organizer. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba announces resignation
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday to avoid a split of his Liberal Democratic Party after recent election defeats. ( read original story ...)
Everest Pioneer Tabei Junko Biopic ‘Climbing for Life’ to Open Tokyo Film Festival
Climbing for Life,' starring Yoshinaga Sayuri as Tabei Junko, the first woman to summit Everest, to open Tokyo International Film Festival. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Ishiba resigns after series of bruising election losses
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 economy. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s prime minister resigns in wake of his party’s historic election defeat
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new leadership struggle is far from business as usual
I t took ishiba shigeru 15 years and several attempts to become Japan’s prime minister. It took him less than one year to lose the job. On September 7th Mr Ishiba said he was stepping down as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. ( read original story ...)
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Says He Will Step Down
The embattled leader is trying to head off a deep split in his party over a right-wing political surge, a weakened economy and turbulent trade relations with the United States. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to step down
The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house majority in an election in July. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns after election defeats
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he is stepping down after less than a year in the role, following two major election losses. The move comes a day before his Liberal Democratic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he is stepping down
His resignation plunges Japan, the world's fourth largest economy and a key U.S. ally, into fresh political uncertainty amid rising living costs, rice policy reforms, growing tensions in the regions, and the impact of U.S. tariffs on its economy. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM decides to quit as opponents seek leadership election: reports
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections. ( read original story ...)
A private phone number, secret opening times, and no interest in Michelin: Inside one of Tokyo’s invite-only restaurants
Chef Yosuke Suga is no stranger to Michelin stars, having worked to earn and keep them for more than a decade as a protégé of the late, great, Joel Robuchon, once the world’s most Michelin-starred ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to resign: reports
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to resign to avoid a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday. ( read original story ...)