Japan's current Prime Minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who took office on October 1, 2024. He succeeded Fumio Kishida, who served from October 4, 2021, until November 10, 2021. Early Life ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appears to be trying to keep his party rivals in check as he wrestles with the US over ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won’t run for a ... Ishiba regularly tops the list of politicians voters would like to see as the next premier. In recent weeks, Ishiba has expressed ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s snap election gamble has blown up in his face. Voters meted out severe punishment to his ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected Japan’s 102nd prime minister on Oct. 1 ... will flame out and be yet another footnote on the long list of short-lived Japanese premiers. His first test will be ...

Rising prices topped the list of high-priority issues that the Japanese business community wanted the next prime minister to tackle, followed by fiscal reforms. Japan is saddled with the ...

TOKYO — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing party’s policies ...