As the final session began at last month's Berlin security conference, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said he ...

Beijing's call to boycott Japan after Sanae Takaichi's remarks is benefiting Southeast Asian countries, travel agents say ...

Chinese state media and diplomatic social media accounts intensified efforts to erode Japan’s standing as an Indo-Pacific defence and security partner in 2025, research by Japan Nexus Intelligence and ...

Four elderly Filipinos born to Japanese fathers during or after World War II are fighting courts, an old definition of “father”—and time--to be legally recognized as Japanese citizens.

TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida ...

After a year in office, Shigeru Ishiba resigned as Japan’s prime minister following the LDP–Komeito coalition’s major electoral defeats. Sanae Takaichi emerged victorious from the LDP presidential ...

In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses the accelerating trend of financial flight, and whether the Chinese Communist Party can stop China’s wealthy elite from leaving the country.

TOKYO – The presidential election for the Liberal Democratic Party will be held today, and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will step down within the month. After the LDP’s crushing defeat in the July ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to cooperate on shared challenges including the aging populations in a bid to solidify their ties. In a ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s 80th session. Credit: UN Photo/ Laura Jarriel In September 2025, the United Nations once ...

TOKYO—The resignation of Japan’s prime minister has set up a crucial leadership election that will effectively determine who will be the country’s next leader. On Saturday, the Liberal Democratic ...