Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s final overseas trip to South Korea was intended to pave the way for his successor to inherit ...

Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their ...

Trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa noted that the pact setting on most Japanese exports to the U.S. at 15% was comparable to a deal ...

Regardless of who becomes the next prime minister, Korea-Japan relations have no choice but to cooperate.” Nagashima Akihisa, ...

Japan’s outgoing prime minister shares the foreign policy agenda he would have pursued during his farewell tour.

Japan will get its second prime minister in just over a year when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds a leadership ...

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 ...

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

President Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (Ishiba Shigeru) in Busan on the 30th to ...