Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he will step down following growing calls from his party to take ...

The embattled leader is trying to head off a deep split in his party over a right-wing political surge, a weakened economy ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take ...

An unlikely premier who vowed to make Japan "smile again", Ishiba won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election on his ...

The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within his governing Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house ...

Shigeru Ishiba's resignation ushers in a potentially lengthy period of policy uncertainty at a shaky moment for the world's ...

The resignation came one day before his Liberal Democratic Party was to decide whether to hold an early leadership election.

Ishiba has been in power for less than a year, but faced calls to resign from the right-wing faction of his own party after a ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take ...

Ishiba had faced calls for his resignation after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to secure a majority in the lower ...