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South Korea’s Lee in Tokyo to highlight friendly ties with Japan before key summit with Trump
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung meets Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, Japan, August 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held his first full summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo in a visit largely aimed at showcasing friendly ties between the two Asian neighbours…
Litmus Test For Japan’s Ishiba As Country Votes In General Elections
Tokyo: Japan voted on Sunday in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion surveys suggest the conservative LDP and its junior coalition partner risk falling short of a majority, a result that could deal a knockout blow…
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Japan’s ruling party braces for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house in elections
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, arrives for a campaign for the upcoming general election in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday (October 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of Parliament in…
Ishiba dissolves Japan’s lower house to set up an October 27 parliamentary election
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right bottom in the frame) attends an extraordinary Diet session at the lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) in Tokyo. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) to set up an October 27 snap election…
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Japan Admits Doctoring Cabinet Photo To Make Ministers Look Less Unkempt
Tokyo: Japan’s government admitted Monday manipulating an official photo of the new cabinet to make its members look less unkempt, after online mockery of their sagging trousers. Images taken by local media showed what appeared to be an untidy patch of white shirt under the morning suits of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Defence Minister…
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Shigeru Ishiba, Defence Geek, Is New Japan Prime Minister
The military is expected to be another focus for Shigeru Ishiba, Tokyo, Japan: Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China. Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election for…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida steps down to make way for Shigeru Ishiba
Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on October 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet on Tuesday (October 1, 2024), paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office. Mr. Kishida took office in 2021 but is…
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Japan’s likely next leader Ishiba says he will call election for October 27
Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, the Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, to announce that he plans to call a parliamentary election on October 27 | Photo Credit: AP Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, said Monday (September…
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Shigeru Ishiba: Old hand, new role
Amid scandals and turmoil, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has selected former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader. On Tuesday, he will also take on the role of Prime Minister, as the LDP holds a majority in Parliament. Of late, the ruling dispensation, which has been in power in Japan for most…