Parliament approved the ¥115.2 trillion ($772 billion) budget in a plenary session on Monday, finalizing the bill just one day before the start of the new fiscal year. Originally approved by the ...

I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the conflict to shape his message to the public. The prime minister has ...

The leader of the main opposition party squared off against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during an opening Diet debate but failed to elicit substantive responses on key policy issues. In a Lower ...