I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. It’s quite clear that Shigeru Ishiba didn’t read the job description when he became Japan’s prime minister. Back in October ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning measures to ease the impact of inflation on consumers that draw on policies already incorporated in the current and upcoming fiscal year budgets.

Opposition leaders have demanded Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appear at Diet ethics committees to explain why he gave gift certificates to 15 rookie lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party.

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is reluctant to accept a joint proposal by Komeito, the coalition partner of his Liberal Democratic Party, and the opposition ...

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated that Japan isn’t intentionally pushing down the yen’s value to lower the price of its products sold overseas. “We are not ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning measures to ease the impact of inflation on consumers that draw on policies already incorporated in the current and upcoming fiscal year budgets.