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

Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind win against Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

Ishiba will succeed Fumio Kishida, who reshaped Japan’s role in the international community but last month announced he would ...

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday won a race to lead Japan’s conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a ...

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

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

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba won the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday and ...

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

Japan’s ruling party picks former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime minister next week.

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

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership ...

Calling it the “last battle” of his political career, veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shigeru Ishiba on Aug. 24 declared his candidacy for the party leadership post in September.