PUTRAJAYA, Jan 10 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hosted an official luncheon in honour of visiting Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba at Seri Perdana today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 10 — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, currently on a two-day official visit to Malaysia, was accorded a formal welcoming ceremony at the Perdana Putra Complex today.

TOKYO, Dec 27 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit Malaysia and Indonesia from January 9 to 12, to deepen cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations toward realising a rules-based, free and open Indo-Pacific.

TOKYO, Nov 17 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Saturday that a face-to-face meeting he had sought with United States President-Elect Donald Trump would not go ahead.

LIMA (Peru), Nov 16 — Japan has expressed its support for Malaysia as the chairman of Asean in 2025, while Putrajaya intends to continue its Look East Policy, particularly in education and technology transfer, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

TOKYO, Nov 11 — Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader today, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month.

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SEOUL, Oct 31 — North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast early today, said South Korea and Japan, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

TOKYO, Oct 28 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he will continue to lead the government and tackle growing economic and security challenges after his ruling bloc suffered a crushing defeat in the general election yesterday, reported Xinhua.

TOKYO, Oct 28 — The make-up of Japan's future government was in flux today after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted ruling coalition, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world's fourth-largest economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Shigeru Ishiba on being elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

TOKYO, Oct 1 — Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan's ruling party, was elected Prime Minister in the House of Representatives today to succeed Fumio Kishida, at a time of low public confidence in politics, a shaky economy, and mounting security threats, reported the Kyodo News Agency.

TOKYO, Sept 27 — Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the United States (US), with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)" and stationing Japanese troops on US soil.