Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung looked to regularize “shuttle diplomacy,” but much may hinge on Japan’s next leader.

Japan will get its second prime minister in just over a year when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds a leadership election on Oct. 4. If one of the two candidates leading the opinion polls wins ...

Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, with Chinese markets closed for a weeklong holiday, as a U.S. government shutdown loomed. Japan 's Nikkei 225 index shed 1.2% to 44,411.26 after the Bank of ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (standing) addresses a dinner party for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from R) at a hotel in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 30, 2025, in ...

William Sposato is a Tokyo-based journalist who has been a contributor to Foreign Policy since 2015. He has been following Japan’s politics and economics for more than 20 years, working at Reuters and ...

Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held a summit Tuesday with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars have pushed the two often-feuding Asian ...

President of South Korea Lee Jae Myung looks on during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., in August. On Tuesday, Lee met with Japanese ...

Political leaders in Japan and South Korea on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on matters affecting both nations during a summit meeting in Busan, South Korea.

SEOUL: The leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed on Tuesday to work together to tackle global trade turmoil while reaffirming their commitment ...

President Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (Ishiba Shigeru) in Busan on the 30th to discuss cooperation measures between the two countries. The presidential ...

President Lee Jae Myung, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, take a walk around the Nurimaru APEC House in Busan on Sept. 30 after their bilateral summit. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE] ...