President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Tokyo on Saturday for summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as he seeks to expand cooperation with Tokyo while squarely facing up to the history of the past.

Japan's ruling party plans to gauge the support of its members in writing on whether it should hold an earlier than scheduled leaders

More than half of voters do not think Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should resign despite his party’s resounding defeat in the Upper House election in July, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

By naming the popular lawmaker to his Cabinet, the beleaguered prime minister turned a potential rival into a member of his team — at least, for now.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba referenced “regret” in his memorial address on Friday, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, marking the first such mention in 13 years in an address by the head of the former imperial nation.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's use of the word "remorse" in his address about World War II at the annual government-organised national memorial service for the war dead reflected his distinctiveness.

In an address at the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for remorse over Japan's actions during World War II.

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since 2013. About 4,500 officials and families observed a moment of silence.View

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will work on nurturing experts in artificial intelligence to help African countries to achieve economic growth and solve social problems, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9.