The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who succeeded Fumio Kishida on 1 October 2024, following the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. In Japanese, due to the special nature of the work of the head of government, the prime minister's titles vary depending on context, sometimes demonstrating his/her role.

Shigeru Ishiba (Japanese: 石破 茂; born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2024.

2024年10月1日 · TOKYO — Japan’s parliament on Tuesday formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime minister. Ishiba was chosen as the party's...

The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office on 1 October 2024. [1] There are currently eleven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated on 8 July 2022. [2]

2024年10月2日 · Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pledging to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for it to be more equitable. He took office Tuesday vowing to tackle a slow economy and regain public trust before an upcoming election.

2024年9月27日 · Who is Japan’s Current Prime Minister? Japan's current Prime Minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who took office on October 1, 2024. He succeeded Fumio Kishida, who served from October 4, 2021, until...

2024年10月1日 · Shigeru Ishiba officially became the 102nd Prime Minister of Japan in the early afternoon of October 1. He took over from Fumio Kishida , who with 1094 consecutive days in office became the eighth longest-serving premier in history.

2025年2月5日 · Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician who served as leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and head of the Kochikai (a faction within the LDP with a liberal tendency) and became prime minister of Japan in 2021.

Japan could soon face U.S. tariffs if it doesn’t take steps to buy more from the United States, President Donald Trump said Friday after a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

2024年9月30日 · Based on the nation’s parliamentary system, he will officially become Japan’s new prime minister on October 1, succeeding Kishida Fumio. Who is Ishiba Shigeru? And why has Ishiba been chosen...