Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cabinet have resigned to make way for Shigeru Ishiba, who is set to become the new Prime Minis...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to choose between former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba and hawkish Sanae Takaichi as the n...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The winner, ...

The scandal surrounds allegations of kickbacks of 500 million yen ($3.4 million) within the Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed th...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reshuffling his Cabinet and party posts to strengthen his position ahead of a key party leadership...

Kishida told reporters that Shotaro Kishida would step down as his secretary from Thursday, saying the change was due to "inappropriate" be...

Opposition parties have accused Akiba of involvement in election law violations and of ties with the Unification Church, although Akiba has...

On Monday, Kishida pledged to regain public trust. "I will fulfill my responsibility by pursuing important policies that are piling up," he...

Terada has come under fire for several funding scandals and has acknowledged that one of his support groups had submitted a funding documen...

The stimulus package includes subsidies for households that are largely seen as an attempt by Kishida to lift his plunging popularity. His ...

Japan mourned the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe on Monday even as the ruling party that he had dominated secured an election win by ...

Fumio Kishida told reporters that Biden reassured him of the U.S. commitment to defend the Japanese-controlled East China Sea island Senkak...

The soft-spoken scion of a Hiroshima political family, Kishida beat popular vaccine chief Taro Kono to win leadership of the ruling Liberal...

Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year since taking office ...

In the first round of votes, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida came in first with 256, only one vote ahead of Taro Kono, the vaccinatio...

Suga's abrupt resignation ended a rollercoaster week in which Suga pulled out all the stops to save his job, including suggestions he would...

The abrupt news that Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe is set to resign over a worsening health condition, set off a flurr...