Shigeru Ishiba is set to meet with Trump on Friday ... In contrast, Ishiba hails from rural Tottori, Japan’s least populated prefecture, is cerebral and introverted, and is an avid collector ...

TOTTORI — A doll store in Tottori Prefecture is being flooded with inquiries about the golden ornamental helmet that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presented to U.S. President Donald Trump during their ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in ...

Though the effort pits him against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the political rivals are actually on good terms with each other personally, thanks to a shared love — and deep knowledge — of ...

Tokyo, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met in Tokyo on Thursday and agreed to strengthen ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week provided reassurance for Tokyo about its alliance with Washington. But analysts say it ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday told family members of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by North Korea that US President Donald Trump had made a promise to raise the ...

Shigeru Ishiba was voted in as the 102nd prime minister of Japan at an extraordinary Diet session on Oct. 1 and faced immediate criticism from the opposition bloc. He received 291 out of the 461 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, 2nd from right, speaks at a meeting with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025.

TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet slid to 40% in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll, down 3 percentage points from the January survey and marking the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicated that the government will change its draft budget for fiscal 2025 to secure support from opposition Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party). “We want to ...