The scramble to replace current premier Fumio Kishida was sparked in August when he announced his intention to step down over ...

Japan’s next Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-proclaimed policy wonk on defense matters whose friends consider him to ...

Ishiba, 67, defeated Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi in intra-party polls and will succeed Fumio Kishida, outgoing ...

Shigeru Ishiba on Friday was elected the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for a three-year term.

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

Former defense minister, 67, in the Japan Liberal Democratic Party primary election beat Sanae Takaichi, the candidate ...

GBP/JPY declines by almost one and a half percentage points to trade in the 191.50s on Friday after the news that former Japanese defense minister Shigeru Ishiba beat his opponent Sanae Takaichi to ...

THE yen regained strength on Friday (Sep 27), bouncing back from earlier losses, after Japan’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba won the leadership contest of the country’s ruling Liberal ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on Friday, the official count showed.

TOKYO — (AP) — Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba won an election to lead Japan's governing party Friday and will become ...

TOKYO: Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the need for the country's economy to "fully emerge from ...

TOKYO: Japan's ruling party will hold one of the most unpredictable leadership contests in decades on Friday (Sep 27), a race that could result in Japan's youngest or first female premier, or see a ...