Ishiba, a straight-talking former defense minister, received 221 votes compared with 160 for Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. Other candidates received a total ...

Japan's parliament has reelected struggling Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after his governing coalition suffered its worst ...

His party later decided to keep him on as leader. Along with these negotiations, Ishiba must also contend with discontent within his party. The LDP, which has ruled Japan for almost all of its ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appeared to have fallen asleep during the first round of voting to decide the prime minister at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Monday.