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 ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has formally apologized ... Kishida told a meeting at his official residence of about 130 survivors, many now elderly and in wheelchairs, public broadcaster ...

Shigeru Ishiba, president of Japan’s ruling ... reelected as the prime minister. Video footage showed Mr Shigeru briefly closing his eyes during a plenary session of the House of Representatives ...

He will take over as prime minister next Tuesday, replacing Fumio Kishida. Mr. Kishida, who presided over an expansion of Japan’s defense ... youngest member of the House of Representatives.

The unpopular prime minister ... Japan’s military defense, breaking with decades-long precedent on spending restraints. Image President Biden with Mr. Kishida at a state dinner at the White ...