The embattled prime minister said he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with the United States and other pressing matters.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his coalition with a minority in both parliamentary chambers.

The yen climbed across the board on Monday after beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to hang on as leader even though his ruling coalitionlost its majority in Sunday's upper house elections,

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned on a July 20 radio program that 60% of Japanese military deaths during World War II were due to illne･･･

Prime Minister Ishiba to host EU Council President Antonio Costa and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Tokyo - Anadolu Ajansı

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday stressed the need to establish a common understanding among parties on the pros and cons of cutting the country's sales tax rate.

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious position With his grasp on power slipping, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office despite a stinging electoral rebuke that plunged his ruling coalition into fresh turmoil.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-Japan alliance has entered a period of uncertainty, American think tank analysts say, after Sunday's upper house Diet election resulted in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party having lost its majority in both legislative chambers for the first time since its founding in 1955.