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

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on September 7, 2025, after less than a year in office, ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he is stepping down after less than a year in the role, following two ...

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 during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit - Toru Hanai—POOL/AFP/. L ...

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

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

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

Ishiba inherited a deeply troubled party. Whoever succeeds him will need to restore public trust, or the party may fall ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has resigned amid pressure from his party after the heavy loss in July’s parliamentary ...

Shigeru’s departure will fuel political uncertainty over the coming weeks until the Liberal Democrat Party chooses a ...