Stocks in Asia are mostly higher, boosted by moves by China to rev up its economy. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 3.7% ...

STORY: Japan's former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba was set on Friday to become the country's new leader, after winning a ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has picked Ishiba Shigeru as its next leader. Ishiba is expected to succeed Kishida Fumio, who is stepping down from the position, as the country's next prime ...

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

Discover how Shigeru Ishiba's victory in Japan's leadership race is impacting the yen and Japan's monetary policies.

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

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

Japanese stock futures fell, while the yen rallied, after Shigeru Ishiba was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The former defense minister has voiced support for the Bank of Japan ...

TOKYO — (AP) — Japan’s ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime ...

Japan's next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he reads three books a day and would rather do that than mingle with the ...

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

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