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SHIGERU ISHIBA

The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 25, 2025
Will a Lower House election follow LDP’s leadership vote? Maybe not this time
Dissolving the Lower House to call a snap general election soon after the appointment of a new party leader is convention, but the current situation seems more complicated.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2025
Japan to provide ¥861 million in grant aid to Palestinian territories
Although the Japanese government is not recognizing a Palestinian state for now, it plans to continue and strengthen its support based on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi has changed course on some economic issues.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2025
LDP presidential candidates get closer to opposition on some economic issues
They have to make more compromises as the ruling coalition no longer has the majority.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Ishiba highlights Japan's postwar quest for peace at U.N.
The prime minister emphasized the need to confront history, apparently reflecting his intention to issue a statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to issue a statement on World War II after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election on Oct. 4, government officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Ishiba to release WWII message after LDP presidential race
To prevent the statement from impacting the LDP race, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to release it just before his expected resignation early next month.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ishiba will be the first Japanese prime minister to join the General Debate at the U.N. General Assembly in two years.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2025
Ishiba departs for U.N. session in New York and meeting with Trump
The outgoing prime minister will be the first Japanese leader to join the General Debate at the U.N. General Assembly in two years.
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives for a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday to talk about entering the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2025
LDP presidential race to officially start on Monday
It will be the first LDP presidential election since the party and its coalition partner, Komeito, lost their combined majority in both chambers of the country's parliament.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference announcing his formal entry into the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Koizumi makes economic growth top priority in bid for LDP presidency
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi used a news conference Saturday in Tokyo to unveil a raft of policies as he sought to appeal to his party’s conservative wing.
Veteran lawmaker Sanae Takaichi outlines her policy platform at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday as she makes another bid for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidency.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Takaichi works to soften her image in LDP presidential bid
A long-time conservative champion, the former economic security minister had long worked to present herself as the poster child of the more hawkish wing of the LDP.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands during a joint news conference in Tokyo in August.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Japan and South Korea planning Busan visit for Ishiba
Ishiba is expected to hold talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the envisaged trip, the prime minister's last overseas one before stepping down.
Candidates take part in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race in September 2024 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, including many of the contenders for next month’s contest. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 19, 2025
LDP candidates through a 'Japanese conservative' lens
The three key elements of Japanese conservatism are preserving national identity and traditions, sustaining the imperial succession and affirming the Self-Defense Forces’ role.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday about his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2025
Hayashi pledges to carry on Ishiba and Kishida’s work if elected LDP president
The chief cabinet secretary, who served under both prime ministers, says he will follow their lead as well as add initiatives of his own.
Signage atop the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, reverse its waning popularity and reassure investors
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2025
After seven decades, is it finally time for the LDP to split up?
With the LDP fraying at the seams, some wonder if the patchwork party will split along ideological lines instead of stitching itself back together.
Polls suggest a head-to-head contest in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race, but powerbrokers may sideline veteran contenders to engineer a youth-versus-youth showdown that could reshape both the party and Japan’s political landscape.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2025
Whiteboarding the LDP election
As I whiteboard the election scenarios, Koizumi vs. Takaichi is the most obvious race.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 7
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
Ishiba may visit South Korea for talks with Lee, sources say
The trip, if realized, would be Ishiba's first visit to South Korea since taking office in October last year.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announces he will run in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, on Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
Hayashi throws hat in the ring for LDP leadership race
The chief cabinet secretary is seen as a counterbalance to the more right-leaning former economic security ministers Sanae Takaichi and Takayuki Kobayashi.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi enters the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2025
Koizumi tells backers he intends to run for LDP presidency
The current agriculture minister is expected to hold a news conference next week to formally announce his candidacy in the party leadership race.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) speaks at the first meeting of the government's headquarters for promoting the use of artificial intelligence and strengthening related risk management, on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2025
Japan starts discussing basic plan for AI use and development
The Japanese government hopes to finalize the basic plan by the end of this year with the aim of creating the best environment in the world for such efforts.
False social media stories about Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba planning mass immigration obscure Japan’s real and growing reliance on foreign labor.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 12, 2025
Japan needs an immigration debate, not social media myths
There’s no mass immigration from the Global South into Japan, though you might not know that if you primarily consume your news on social media.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) meets with his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2025
Japan and Portugal to upgrade ties to strategic partnership
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, also agreed to strengthen Japanese-Portuguese cooperation in various fields.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal
A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Sho-time as dazzling Ohtani powers Dodgers into World Series with historic performance
Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
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New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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