Other candidates received a total of 84 votes. Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, “is faced with the most severe and complicated security environment in the postwar era,” Ishiba said Saturday ...
Japan’s new economic stimulus package will feature cash handouts to help low-income households deal with inflation and extra funding for disaster preparedness, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, paving the way for the struggling leader to f ...