Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will resign Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who says ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader.

Despite these strategic appointments, the absence of hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi, whom he narrowly defeated, might ...

TOKYO: Japan’s incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said today (Sept 30) he aimed to call snap elections for Oct 27, as equities plunged on a strong yen and fears that tax hikes are on the cards.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday elected Shigeru Ishiba, former defence minister, as the new prime minister ...

China’s steps to support the housing and stock market have led to a rush to buy Chinese stocks this morning, ahead of the ...

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is poised to call snap elections for October 27, local media reported Monday, ...

The poll, which will come a year early and ahead of the US presidential election in November, will decide which party ...

The Nikkei Stock Average saw its largest tumble in eight weeks on fears of higher taxes under Japan’s incoming Prime Minister ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new prime minister of Japan on Friday. The country’s governing political party, the Liberal Democratic Party, voted for the former minister of defense to lead the ...