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

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

Japan’s next prime minister is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big ...

Following the resignation of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to assume leadership ...

Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s next prime minister after he was elected as the new leader of the country’s ruling Liberal ...

Shigeru Ishiba had come close to the top job before, including in 2012 when he lost to nationalist Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader who was later assassinated.

TOKYO >> Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalize the economy ...

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 ...

A landslide in the Indonesian western province of West Sumatra on Thursday afternoon killed at least 15 workers at an unlicensed gold mine ...

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba beat eight candidates to become leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a ...

Japan's former defense minister, Shigeru Ishiba is set to become the new prime minister after winning the leadership vote of ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former Defense Minister, has been elected as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), ...