There are several contenders to replace Ishiba, including Sanae Takaichi, Shinjiro Koizumi, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Takayuki ...

Lucy Connolly, a former childminder from Northampton, was jailed after a tweet inciting violence against asylum seekers in the wake of the Southport murders. She was sentenced to 31 months in prison ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit - Toru Hanai—POOL/AFP/. L ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba stepped down less than two months after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost its majority in the upper house elections. At such a critical moment in US ...

Ishiba inherited a deeply troubled party. Whoever succeeds him will need to restore public trust, or the party may fall ...

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she sees the ultra conservative party leading the government within 15 years, as she ruled out that her daughter Lee or chief of staff, James Ashby, will be ...

Hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi tops the list in many recent opinion polls asking voters who should be the next LDP ...

Mr Ishiba, who took office in October, has resisted demands from opponents within his own party for more than a month.

SIR Keir Starmer last night used Angela Rayner’s resignation to torch his Cabinet in a do-or-die reset. The PM asked two of ...

ANGELA Rayner may be forced to sell her £800,000 seaside home after her bombshell resignation left her facing a major salary ...