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

Ishiba, a former defense minister who had previously run for LDP leadership several times, ran to succeed Kishida. He was ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Japan’s bond market is cracking, and stocks are swinging after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba finally stepped down on Sunday.

Potential successors include one-time Shigeru Ishiba rival Sanae Takaichi and Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.

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