Japan's Upper House President Sekiguchi Masakazu has told the speaker of Israel's parliament that he hopes all parties ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime minister.

Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba won a rare runoff vote to stay in power despite his scandal-hit governing coalition’s loss in the parliamentary election last month. Mr Ishiba secured 221 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, forcing the struggling ...

Shigeru ishiba has been voted in as Japan's new Prime Minister in the Parliament. Ishiba became the Prime Minister after Fumio Kishida stepped down. Kishida's resignation came after he announced ...

Japan's parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more ...

Japan was set on Wednesday to extend parliament for 70 days to pass important bills as it strives to recover from an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, but there was no guarantee the ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also ...

TOKYO (AP) — The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists that last-minute revisions by Prime ...