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 ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said on Monday he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will fill key party posts on Monday and announce a new Cabinet on Tuesday as ...

Shigeru Ishida had beaten Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi in the final round of the Liberal Democratic Party ...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has tumbled nearly 5% after the country's ruling Liberal Democrats chose Shigeru Ishiba, a ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new prime minister of Japan on Friday. The country’s governing political party, the Liberal ...

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

Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind win against Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

TOKYO, September 27. /TASS/. The first round of the election of the president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has not revealed a winner. Sanae Takaichi, head of the Economic Security ...

A seasoned defence geek and a nationalist who would be Japan's first woman prime minister will go head-to-head in the final ...