Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will resign Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who says ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida steps down after a tumultuous three-year term marked by corruption scandals and ...

"Following the US to upgrade Japan's military, Kishida's conservative foreign policy has not boosted Japan's international ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday elected Shigeru Ishiba, former defence minister, as the new prime minister ...

Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, said on Monday he plans to call a parliamentary election on Oct. 27 ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled nearly 5% early Monday after the country’s ruling Liberal Democrats chose Shigeru ...

Japan’s ruling party on Friday named former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as the next prime minister, as per media reports.

Japan's governing party will pick a new leader Friday who will succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida TOKYO -- The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a ...

TOKYO — The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader. The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal ...

putting him on track to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida next Tuesday. Ishiba edged out the more conservative Sanae Takaichi, one of the two women in the historically broad leadership ...

Following Fumio Kishida's unexpected resignation, Japan's ruling party chose former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader and also as the next new prime minister on Friday, September 27.

TOKYO -- A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former defense minister who is a longtime veteran, the ...