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

The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentarians and dues-paying members. Because the party ...

Japan finds out its next leader on Friday when the ruling party of outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida picks his ...

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

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, in a key vote Friday, will pick a new leader to replace him ...

Japan’s ruling party on Friday named former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as the next prime minister, as per media reports.

Japan's governing party will pick a new leader Friday who will succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida TOKYO -- The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a ...

TOKYO — The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader. The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal ...

Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan's governing party, said on Monday he plans to call a parliamentary election on Oct. 27 ...

putting him on track to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida next Tuesday. Ishiba edged out the more conservative Sanae Takaichi, one of the two women in the historically broad leadership ...

Following Fumio Kishida's unexpected resignation, Japan's ruling party chose former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader and also as the next new prime minister on Friday, September 27.

Fumio Kishida became prime minister in September 2021, the same year a military coup replaced the democratically elected civilian government in Myanmar. Yet Japan’s limited support for ...