Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba discussed politics at a private dinner he hosted for 15 first-time ruling party lawmakers and dispensed advice although he denied the event was a political activity.

Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 14 after he apologized for giving gift certificates to 15 newly elected Lower House members but insisted he broke no law.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in his party in a scandal shaking his already weak grip on ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun to surface within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as a sense of crisis is growing ahead of this summer’s ...

Opposition leaders have demanded Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appear at Diet ethics committees to explain why he gave gift certificates to 15 rookie lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has adamantly maintained that he broke no laws when he distributed gift certificates to more than a dozen rookie lawmakers. Yet, no matter how many times he repeats ...

The approval rating of Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet plummeted from 40 percent to 26 percent, its lowest level yet, after the prime minister became embroiled in a gift-giving scandal, an Asahi ...