Hours before winning a vote to stay on as Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba was caught napping in parliament. But with Donald Trump headed back to the White House, he needs to wake up fast.

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...

Or - probably once he has failed to form a stable government - it can get rid of him and consider switching to one of the ...

Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...

First is whether the administration can withstand internal fissures. The primary reason for the LDP’s loss is the public’s long-standing disdain for its mixture of politics and money. Although the ...

He had beaten hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi last month on his fifth attempt to become president of the ruling party. Voters had been angered by the mishandling of the economy, soaring prices ...

Besides contest from opposition parties emboldened by considerable gains in the snap polls, the biggest challenge could be ...

The Japanese people have had their say at the polls. And they've handed the ruling coalition a stinging rebuke.

There also aren’t many great candidates waiting in the wings. Sanae Takaichi, who Ishiba beat in the runoff election last month, is divisive. Shinjiro Koizumi, the third leading candidate in ...

Analysts have mentioned a number of names such as former minister in charge of economic security Sanae Takaichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi as well as finance minister Katsunobu Kato.

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of ...