Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba is the public's top choice as Japan's next leader now that gaffes and scandals have damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's image, a poll says. According to the poll, conducted by Jiji Press, 18.0 percent of the respondents chose ...
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba overtook scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the best person to lead Japan, an opinion poll showed Tuesday. Ishiba was seen as the most appropriate choice for prime minister by 20.4 percent of respondents to the poll conducted by the ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should clarify the rationale behind his latest proposal to revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, LDP heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba told The Japan Times.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s subtle strategy for marketing constitutional revision like a 2020 image commercial leaves his party’s veterans feeling irritated and undermined.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent push to engineer Japan's first revision to the pacifist Constitution continued to cause ripples in the political community on Thursday, with even senior members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party raising questions. "I don't think the Constitution can be revised ...
Japan must undertake a major review of the way its decades-long alliance with the United States works and adopt a more proactive approach toward its top ally after Donald Trump takes office in January, a veteran Diet member says.
The reshuffle signals the start of a political race to determine a critical question: Who will take the reins of power after Abe?
Ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned reshuffle of his Cabinet on Wednesday, more names were put forward Tuesday for top ministerial posts. Sources said Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Tomomi Inada will be handed the defense portfolio, which would make her only Japan's second ...
LDP heavyweight says Republican presidential front-runner’s views “reflect his ignorance of the true nature” of the pact.
Shigeru Ishiba says Japan should let in more immigrants to mitigate issues related to the nation's declining population.
Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight and current minister for regional revitalization Shigeru Ishiba launched his own faction within the ruling party Monday, with an eye toward succeeding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the party's next president. A total of 19 LDP lawmakers joined Ishiba's new faction, making ...
Shigeru Ishiba met with several followers Thursday for preparatory talks on launching his own faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party by the end of this month.
