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

Shigeru Ishiba is next in line to become Japan’s prime minister after he defeated Sanae Takaichi in the Liberal Democratic ...

Japan’s next Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will focus on cleaning up the ruling party’s image and forming closer security ...

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

Veteran conservative Shigeru Ishiba, who advocates an Asian version of Nato, has repeatedly feuded with ruling party over ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average extended gains and the yen plunged past 146 per dollar on Friday afternoon as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership ...

GBP/JPY declines by almost one and a half percentage points to trade in the 191.50s on Friday after the news that former Japanese defense minister Shigeru Ishiba beat his opponent Sanae Takaichi to ...

Japan’s ruling party will elect its new leader Friday, and the winner will become the country’s next prime minister.

Tokyo stocks continued their upward trend on Friday as the country's ruling party held an election for a new leader to succeed outgoing Fumio Kishida. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the ...

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

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's prime minister after winning a closely fought contest on ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see ...