By Sakura Murakami and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -A leadership contest in Japan's ruling party to determine who will take ...

Japan’s new prime minister will either be Sanae Takaichi or Shigeru Ishiba after a Liberal Democratic Party leadership ...

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

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

A seasoned defence geek and a nationalist who would be Japan's first woman prime minister will go head-to-head in the final round of a ruling party leadership vote on Friday, the official count showed ...

Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s new prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its ...

Fifth time's the charm for former Japanese defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, who looks set to become the next prime minister ...

Ishiba Shigeru, right, with Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, left, and other candidates, celebrates after Ishiba was ...

In a pivotal moment for Japan, three prominent politicians - Shigeru Ishiba, Sanae Takaichi and Shinji Koizumi - are set to ...

Ishiba, 67, and Takaichi, 63, emerged as the top picks in a crowded field of nine in the race that will decide the country’s ...

In the runup to the vote, the Japanese currency went from about ¥145 to the dollar in the morning to well above ¥146 in the ...