Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishida was elected by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Friday as its leader and, ...

Japan’s ruling party picked Shigeru Ishiba as its next leader, choosing a backer of the Bank of Japan’s efforts to normalize ...

Japan's ruling party holds one of the most unpredictable leadership contests in decades on Friday, a race that could result ...

What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades," says there's "not a lot of daylight" between the candidates, but there ...

Japan’s LDP chose Ishiba Shigeru to lead the party, setting him up to become the new PM. At least in principle, that may mean ...

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

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a plain-spoken populist, won leadership of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in ...

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

The party leadership win is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party’s ruling coalition currently ...

Ishiba led in most opinion polls, with this being his fifth and, he said, final bid to lead the LDP, which has ruled Japan ...

On Friday, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan chose its new leader— Ishiba Shigeru. It was a tough race, with nine ...

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