TOKYO (AP) — A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation's new prime minister. The vote by the ...

The person chosen to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep ...

Japan ’s former defence minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election ...

Japan’s ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime ...

With its approval ratings sagging, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has picked a perennial outsider as its new ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister more popular with the rank and file than with his lawmaker colleagues, had sought ...

Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader setting him up to become the next prime minister. Ishiba, a seasoned politician, won the ...

Japan’s governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on ...

Japan is set to get a new leader and the market seems to be betting he will be hawkish on monetary policy as the yen strengthened sharply. Shigeru Ishiba narrowly won a vote in the ruling Liberal ...

A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation's new prime minister. The vote by the ruling Liberal ...

The main opposition — the liberal-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan — has struggled to build momentum, despite the LDP scandals. But experts say its newly elected leader, centrist ...