Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba dismisses reports that he will step down next month - The 68-year old leader said media reports ...

By Tim Kelly, Satoshi Sugiyama and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied on Wednesday ...

Japan’s market is rallying, but bond markets are flashing warnings. With rising yields, political uncertainty, and fading ...

US President Donald Trump says the US has agreed to a "massive" trade deal with Japan, one of the country's largest trading ...

Earlier, the Mainichi newspaper reported that Ishiba had informed his associates of plans to announce his resignation by the end of August. Kyodo News, citing senior LDP officials, described his ...

Calls for Ishiba to resign are reportedly coming from within the LDP, the government, and regional party branches ...

That step would trigger a leadership race in his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with the winner facing a parliament vote to become prime minister of the world's fourth-largest economy ...

News of a US-Japan trade deal, though details remain vague, sent equities higher, with the Nikkei rising 3.5% during the morning session.

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he would quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told ...